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11 * avoid putting links in running text. They make text harder to read.
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30 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.42 released @emph{May 15, 2016}
32 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
33 2.19.42. 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 2.19.41 released @emph{May 1, 2016}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
45 2.19.41. 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 2.19.40 released @emph{April 17, 2016}
56 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
57 2.19.40. 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 2.19.39 released @emph{March 27, 2016}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
69 2.19.39. 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 2.19.38 released @emph{March 13, 2016}
80 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
81 2.19.38. 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 2.19.37 released @emph{February 28, 2016}
92 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
93 2.19.37. 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 2.19.36 released @emph{January 31, 2016}
104 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
105 2.19.36. 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 2.19.35 released @emph{January 02, 2016}
116 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
117 2.19.35. 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 2.19.34 released @emph{December 22, 2015}
128 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
129 2.19.34. 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 2.19.33 released @emph{December 6, 2015}
140 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
141 2.19.33. 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 2.19.32 released @emph{November 22, 2015}
152 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
153 2.19.32. 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 2.19.31 released @emph{November 8, 2015}
164 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
165 2.19.31. 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 2.19.30 released @emph{October 25, 2015}
176 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
177 2.19.30. 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 2.19.29 released @emph{October 18, 2015}
188 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
189 2.19.29. 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 2.19.28 released @emph{September 27, 2015}
200 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
201 2.19.28. 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 2.19.27 released @emph{September 12, 2015}
212 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
213 2.19.27. 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 2.19.26 released @emph{August 27, 2015}
224 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
225 2.19.26. 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 2.19.25 released @emph{August 9, 2015}
236 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
237 2.19.25. 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 2.19.24 released @emph{July 26, 2015}
248 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
249 2.19.24. 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 2.19.23 released @emph{July 12, 2015}
260 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
261 2.19.23. 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 2.19.22 released @emph{June 28, 2015}
272 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
273 2.19.22. 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 2.19.21 released @emph{May 24, 2015}
284 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
285 2.19.21. 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 2.19.20 released @emph{May 10, 2015}
296 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
297 2.19.20. 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 2.19.19 released @emph{April 26, 2015}
308 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
309 2.19.19. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
310 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
311 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
312 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
318 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.18 released @emph{April 5, 2015}
320 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
321 2.19.18. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
322 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
323 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
324 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
330 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.17 released @emph{March 15, 2015}
332 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond
333 2.19.17. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
334 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
335 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
336 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
342 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.16 released @emph{February 28, 2015}
344 At long last, we are very happy to announce the release of LilyPond
345 2.19.16. This release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some
346 work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
347 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
348 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
351 We would like to acknowledge and thank Masamichi Hosoda for making this
352 release possible with his work on updating GUB, the build tool.
357 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.15 released @emph{September 28, 2014}
359 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.15. 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 2.19.14 released @emph{September 14, 2014}
371 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.14. 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 2.19.13 released @emph{August 31, 2014}
383 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.13. 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 2.19.12 released @emph{August 17, 2014}
395 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.12. 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 2.19.11 released @emph{August 3, 2014}
407 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.11. 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 2.19.10 released @emph{July 13, 2014}
419 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.10. 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 2.19.9 released @emph{June 29, 2014}
431 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.9. 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 2.19.8 released @emph{June 15, 2014}
443 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.8. This
444 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
445 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
446 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
447 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
453 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.7 released @emph{May 25, 2014}
455 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.7. This
456 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
457 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
458 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
459 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
465 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.6 released @emph{May 11, 2014}
467 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.6. This
468 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains some work
469 in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
470 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you
471 require a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18
477 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.5 released @emph{April 20, 2014}
479 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.5. This
480 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
481 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
482 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
483 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
488 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.4 released @emph{April 6, 2014}
490 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.4. 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 production named BEST EDITION 2014 @emph{March 11, 2014}
501 We are thrilled that the edition of the songs of Oskar
502 Fried (1871-1941), published recently by our fellow contributors Urs Liska
503 and Janek Warchoł [1], received the "Musikeditionspreis BEST EDITION
504 2014" of the German Music Publishers' Association [2]. The ceremony
505 took place at the Frankfurt Musikmesse.
507 We congratulate Janek and Urs for gaining such public recognition of
508 typographical and editorial excellence of their work. We are also delighted
509 to inform you that they intend to make their work available under a Free
510 license as soon as the publisher expenses are covered. Please support this
511 initiative by buying the printed volume through the publisher [3].
513 [1] @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/category/fried-songs}@*
514 [2] @uref{http://www.best-edition.de}@*
515 [3] @uref{http://www.sound-rel.de}@*
521 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.3 released @emph{March 2, 2014}
523 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.3. This
524 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
525 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
526 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
527 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
532 @subheading LilyPond 2.18.1 @emph{February 16, 2014}
534 We have released updated manuals for LilyPond's stable version, 2.18.
535 The manuals are now for 2.18.1 and have a number of updates and improvements
536 over 2.18.0. There will be a further release of 2.18 in the future (2.18.2),
537 and this will include the updates to the manuals as well as some minor
538 enhancements to the LilyPond core functionality.
540 To summarise the current situation: stable LilyPond application: 2.18.0;
541 stable LilyPond manuals: 2.18.1; development for both: 2.19.2.
546 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.2 released @emph{February 2, 2014}
548 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.2. This
549 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
550 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
551 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
552 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
557 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.1 released @emph{January 19, 2014}
559 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.1. This
560 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
561 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
562 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
563 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
568 @subheading LilyPond 2.19.0 released @emph{January 5, 2014}
570 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.19.0. This
571 release includes a number of enhancements, and contains
572 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
573 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
574 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.18 version.
579 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
581 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
582 a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
583 developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
584 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
585 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
586 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
587 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
588 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
593 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
595 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
596 a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
597 developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
598 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
599 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
600 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
601 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
602 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
607 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
609 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
610 beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
611 developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
612 problems, but the release is supposed to be feature-complete, the
613 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
614 overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
615 latest version, see @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
616 Please test this release and report back any problems, see
622 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
624 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. This
625 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
626 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
627 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
628 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
633 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
635 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
636 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
637 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
638 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
639 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
644 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.27 released! @emph{September 26, 2013}
646 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.27. This
647 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
648 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
649 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
650 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
655 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
657 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. 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 2.17.25 released! @emph{August 25, 2013}
668 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.25. 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 2.17.24 released! @emph{August 11, 2013}
679 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.24. 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 2.17.23 released! @emph{July 28, 2013}
690 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.23. 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 2.17.22 released! @emph{July 14, 2013}
701 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.22. 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.
707 This update cures the issue with the Windows version crashing with a problem
708 with positioning text.
713 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
715 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
716 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
717 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
718 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
719 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
724 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.20 released! @emph{June 9, 2013}
726 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.20. This
727 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
728 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
729 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
730 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
735 @subheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
737 Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at
738 @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!
743 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.19 released! @emph{May 26, 2013}
745 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.19. This
746 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
747 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
748 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
749 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
754 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.18 released! @emph{May 11, 2013}
756 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.18. This
757 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
758 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
759 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
760 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
765 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.17 released! @emph{April 27, 2013}
767 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.17. This
768 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
769 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
770 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
771 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
776 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.16 released! @emph{April 13, 2013}
778 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.16. This
779 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
780 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
781 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
782 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
787 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.15 released! @emph{March 30, 2013}
789 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.15. This
790 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
791 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
792 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
793 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
798 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.14 released! @emph{March 10, 2013}
800 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.14. This
801 release contains the usual number of bugfixes (including putting span bars back
802 where they should be) 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 2.17.13 released! @emph{February 23, 2013}
812 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.13. 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.
821 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.12 released! @emph{February 8, 2013}
823 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.12. This
824 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
825 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
826 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
827 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
832 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26, 2013}
834 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. This
835 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
836 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
837 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
838 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
843 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
845 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. This
846 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
847 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
848 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
849 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
854 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
856 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly
857 to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that
858 only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version.
863 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
865 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
866 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
867 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
868 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
869 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
874 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
876 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. This
877 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
878 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
879 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
880 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
885 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
887 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
888 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
889 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
890 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
891 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
897 @subheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
899 The @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
900 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
901 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
902 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
903 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
904 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
907 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
908 whose work on LilyPond is
909 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
910 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
911 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
912 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
913 using LilyPond internally.
915 Come @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
916 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
921 @subheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
923 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
924 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
925 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
929 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012}
931 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This
932 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
933 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
934 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
935 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
940 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012}
942 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This
943 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
944 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
945 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
946 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
951 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012}
953 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
954 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
955 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
956 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
961 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.3 released! @emph{September 23, 2012}
963 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.3. This
964 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
965 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
966 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
971 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.2 released! @emph{September 10, 2012}
973 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.2. This
974 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
975 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
976 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
981 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.1 released! @emph{August 28, 2012}
983 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.1. This
984 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
985 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
986 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
992 @subheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
994 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
995 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
996 recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
997 and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
1002 @subheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
1004 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
1005 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1006 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1007 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1009 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
1010 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
1014 Support for kievan square notation
1016 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
1018 Music functions have become quite more versatile
1021 A full list of new features is given in:
1024 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1027 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
1029 Main development team:
1031 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
1032 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
1033 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
1034 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
1035 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
1038 Programming contributors:
1040 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
1041 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
1042 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
1043 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
1045 Documentation contributors:
1047 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
1051 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
1056 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
1058 Translation contributors:
1060 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
1065 @subheading Lilypond 2.15.95 released! @emph{August 11, 2012}
1067 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.95.
1068 With this release, development on version 2.15 is frozen for the
1069 upcoming 2.16 stable release and only open to bug fixes.
1071 All users are urged to try this version to ensure the best
1072 quality of the upcoming stable release. If you discover any
1073 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1075 New features since 2.14.2 are listed in the @qq{Changes} manual
1076 on the website section about @ref{Development}.
1082 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.42 released! @emph{August 02, 2012}
1084 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.42. This
1085 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1087 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1088 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1089 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1096 @subheading The LilyPond Report #27. @emph{August 2, 2012}
1098 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some interesting insights on
1099 new Scheme-related features recently added by our community’s only paid
1100 developer David Kastrup (thanks to your
1101 @uref{http://lilypond.org/sponsoring.html, continuing donations}). Also
1102 to be found in this issue are an overview of some lesser-known LilyPond
1103 companion projects, and a handful of more shallow factoids.
1106 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-27, read
1107 LilyPond Report 27} now; comments and contributions are
1112 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{July 11, 2012}
1114 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.41
1115 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1116 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1117 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1118 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1124 @subheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
1126 LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth release candidate of
1127 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1128 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1129 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1132 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1133 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1134 on 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1141 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
1143 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. This
1144 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1146 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1147 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1148 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1155 @subheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
1157 We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
1158 is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 release. However, please
1159 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
1160 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
1161 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
1167 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
1169 LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1170 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1171 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1172 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1175 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1176 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1177 on 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1184 @subheading The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
1186 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
1187 Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
1188 of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
1189 development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
1190 see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
1191 the quality of hand-engraved scores.
1194 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
1195 LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
1202 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
1204 LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1205 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1206 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1207 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1210 @strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
1211 candidate will be required.
1217 @subheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
1219 Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
1220 @uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
1221 Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
1222 working on open source software.
1224 Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
1225 He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
1231 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
1233 LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
1234 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1235 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1236 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1239 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1240 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1241 on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1248 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
1250 LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
1251 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1252 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1253 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1256 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1257 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1258 on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1265 @subheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
1267 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
1268 issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
1269 Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
1270 including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
1273 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
1274 LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
1281 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
1283 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
1284 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1286 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1287 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1288 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1295 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
1297 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
1298 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1300 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1301 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1302 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1309 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.33 released! @emph{Mar 08, 2012}
1311 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.33. This
1312 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1314 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1315 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1316 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1323 @subheading The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012}
1325 A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now
1326 available for reading; topics include a request for funding,
1327 an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar,
1328 and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications.
1331 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read
1332 LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are
1339 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012}
1341 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This
1342 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1344 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1345 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1346 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1353 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012}
1355 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. This
1356 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1358 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1359 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1360 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1367 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012}
1369 LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third release candidate of
1370 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1371 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1372 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1375 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1376 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1377 on 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
1384 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.29 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2012}
1386 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.29. This
1387 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1389 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1390 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1391 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1398 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.28 released! @emph{Feb 3, 2012}
1400 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.28. This
1401 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1403 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1404 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1405 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1412 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.27 released! @emph{Jan 24, 2012}
1414 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.27. This
1415 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1417 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1418 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1419 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1426 @subheading The LilyPond Report #23. @emph{Jan 20, 2012}
1428 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with developer
1429 David Kastrup as a new editor! This issue features
1430 an exposé on some of the new, handy commands
1431 recently added to LilyPond, as well as an interview
1432 with LilyPond contributor and composer Mike Solomon.
1435 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-23, read
1436 LilyPond Report 23} now; comments and contributions are
1443 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.26 released! @emph{Jan 16, 2012}
1445 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.26. This
1446 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1448 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1449 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1450 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1453 The 2.15.25 has been skipped due to build problems.
1459 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.24 released! @emph{Jan 07, 2012}
1461 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.24. This
1462 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1464 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1465 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1466 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1473 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.23 released! @emph{Dec 21, 2011}
1475 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.23. This
1476 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1478 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1479 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1480 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1487 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.22 released! @emph{Dec 15, 2011}
1489 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.22. This
1490 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1492 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1493 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1494 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1501 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.21 released! @emph{Dec 6, 2011}
1503 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.21. This
1504 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1506 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1507 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1508 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1515 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.20 released! @emph{Nov 24, 2011}
1517 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.20. This
1518 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1520 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1521 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1522 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1529 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.19 released! @emph{Nov 18, 2011}
1531 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.19. This
1532 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1534 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1535 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1536 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1543 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.18 released! @emph{Nov 12, 2011}
1545 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.18. This
1546 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1548 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1549 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1550 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1557 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.17 released! @emph{Nov 10, 2011}
1559 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.17. This
1560 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1562 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1563 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1564 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1571 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.16 released! @emph{October 28, 2011}
1573 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.16. This
1574 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1576 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1577 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1578 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1585 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.15 released! @emph{October 24, 2011}
1587 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.15. This
1588 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1590 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1591 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1592 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1599 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.14 released! @emph{October 7, 2011}
1601 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.14. This
1602 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1604 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1605 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1606 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1613 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.13 released! @emph{September 27, 2011}
1615 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.13. This
1616 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1618 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1619 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1620 note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
1627 @subheading Release candidate 2 cancelled @emph{Sep 23, 2011}
1629 The release countdown is cancelled due to the discovery of a
1630 Critical regression.
1636 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.12 released! @emph{Sep 20, 2011}
1638 LilyPond 2.15.12 is out; this is the second release candidate of
1639 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1640 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1641 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1644 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1645 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1646 on 27 Sep 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1653 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.11 released! @emph{September 11, 2011}
1655 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.11. This
1656 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1658 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1659 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1660 note that due to the possibility of a few Critical bugs, this is
1661 not the next release candidate.
1667 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.10 released! @emph{September 6, 2011}
1669 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.10. This
1670 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1672 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1673 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1674 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1675 next release candidate.
1681 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
1683 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
1684 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
1685 support for MacOS X 10.7.
1687 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1688 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
1689 note that due to a few outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
1690 next release candidate.
1696 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
1698 LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
1699 the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
1700 experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
1701 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1704 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1705 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
1706 on 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1713 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
1715 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
1716 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1718 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1719 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1725 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
1727 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
1728 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1730 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1731 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1737 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
1739 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
1740 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1741 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1749 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.5 released! @emph{July 12, 2011}
1751 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.5. This
1752 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1754 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1755 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1761 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.4 released! @emph{July 4, 2011}
1763 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.4. This
1764 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1766 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1767 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1773 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.3 released! @emph{June 27, 2011}
1775 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.3. This
1776 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1778 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1779 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1785 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.2 released! @emph{June 18, 2011}
1787 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.2. This
1788 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1790 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1791 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1797 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.1 released! @emph{June 12, 2011}
1799 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.1. This
1800 fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
1801 problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
1806 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
1808 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
1809 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1810 usual number of bugs.
1812 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1813 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1818 @subheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
1820 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
1821 the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
1822 usual number of bugs.
1824 It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
1825 this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
1831 @subheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
1833 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
1834 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
1835 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
1836 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
1838 Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
1839 since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
1844 LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
1847 The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
1848 it much more flexible and easier to control.
1851 Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
1856 A full list of new features is given in:
1859 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/changes/index.html}
1862 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
1864 Main development team:
1866 Trevor Daniels, Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp,
1867 Werner Lemberg, John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman,
1868 Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark
1869 Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco
1870 Vila, Valentin Villenave.
1872 Programming contributors:
1874 Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
1875 Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
1876 Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
1877 Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
1878 Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
1879 Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
1883 Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
1885 Documentation contributors:
1887 Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
1888 Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
1892 James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
1893 Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
1895 Binaries support contributors:
1899 Translation contributors:
1901 Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
1902 Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
1909 @subheading Release candidate 7 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.63 released! @emph{May 30, 2011}
1911 LilyPond 2.13.63 is out; this is the seventh release candidate of
1912 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1913 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1914 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1917 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1918 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1919 on June 6, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
1926 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 24, 2011}
1928 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
1929 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1931 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1932 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1938 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
1940 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
1941 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1943 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1944 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1950 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
1952 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
1953 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1955 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1956 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1962 @subheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
1964 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
1965 article in the May 2011 issue titled
1966 @uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/content/download/61706/482546/version/1/file/088-090_projects.pdf,
1967 Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
1968 LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
1969 driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
1970 you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
1975 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
1977 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
1978 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
1980 Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
1981 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
1987 @subheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
1989 LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
1990 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
1991 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
1992 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
1995 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
1996 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
1997 on April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2004 @subheading Release candidate 5 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.57 released! @emph{April 3, 2011}
2006 LilyPond 2.13.57 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
2007 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2008 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2009 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2012 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2013 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2014 on April 10, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2021 @subheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
2023 LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
2024 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2025 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2026 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2029 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2030 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2031 on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2038 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
2040 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
2041 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2043 Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
2044 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2050 @subheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
2052 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
2053 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2054 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2055 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2056 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2062 @subheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
2064 LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
2065 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2066 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2067 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2070 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2071 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2072 on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2079 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.53 released! @emph{Mar 6, 2011}
2081 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.53. This
2082 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2084 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2085 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2090 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.52 released! @emph{Mar 1, 2011}
2092 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.52. This
2093 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2095 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2096 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2101 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.51 released! @emph{Feb 22, 2011}
2103 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.51. This
2104 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2106 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate,
2107 due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
2113 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.50 released! @emph{Feb 13, 2011}
2115 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.50. This
2116 release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
2118 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third release candidate.
2119 Due to a number of untested changes to our build process, we
2120 cannot be at all confident about the quality of this release.
2126 @subheading New Chinese and Czech translations of the web page! @emph{Feb 11,2011}
2128 Two new languages are added to our web page: Chinese by Ben Luo, and
2129 Czech by Pavel Fric. It is a work in progress but they are fully
2130 functional. That makes ten languages to choose from!
2137 @subheading Release candidate 2 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.49 released! @emph{Feb 9, 2011}
2139 LilyPond 2.13.49 is out; this is the second release candidate of
2140 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2141 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2142 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2145 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2146 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2147 on Feb 23, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2154 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.48 released! @emph{Feb 5, 2011}
2156 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.48. This
2157 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2158 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2166 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.47 released! @emph{Jan 28, 2011}
2168 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.47. This
2169 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2170 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2178 @subheading Release candidate 1 withdrawn @emph{Jan 13, 2011}
2180 We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.46
2181 is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
2182 continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
2183 more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
2184 problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
2190 @subheading Release candidate 1 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.46 released! @emph{Jan 12, 2011}
2192 LilyPond 2.13.46 is out; this is the first release candidate of
2193 the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
2194 experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
2195 listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2198 There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
2199 Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
2200 on 26 Jan 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
2207 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.45 released! @emph{Jan 3, 2011}
2209 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.45. This
2210 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2211 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2220 @subheading Beta test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.44 released! @emph{Dec 25, 2010}
2222 LilyPond 2.13.44 is out; this is the third beta test of the
2223 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2224 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2225 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2228 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2229 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2230 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2231 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2237 @subheading Beta test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.43 released! @emph{Dec 14, 2010}
2239 LilyPond 2.13.43 is out; this is the second beta test of the
2240 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2241 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2242 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2245 There is still one Critical problem with this release: in one
2246 case, the vertical spacing is much too compressed. If you decide
2247 to test this version, do not be surprised to discover problems;
2248 just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2254 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.42 released! @emph{Dec 8, 2010}
2256 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.42. This
2257 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2258 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2261 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2262 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2263 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2269 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.41 released! @emph{Dec 4, 2010}
2271 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.41. This
2272 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2273 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2276 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2277 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2278 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2284 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.40 released! @emph{Nov 21, 2010}
2286 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.40. This
2287 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2288 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2291 Please note that this is @strong{not} the second beta test. Due
2292 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2293 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2299 @subheading Beta test one of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.39 released! @emph{Nov 15, 2010}
2301 LilyPond 2.13.39 is out; this is the first beta test of the
2302 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2303 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2304 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2307 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2308 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2309 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.39, do not
2310 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2319 @subheading The LilyPond Report #22. @emph{Nov 3, 2010}
2321 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with some surprises and exciting
2322 news for the whole LilyPond community! To be found in this issue is
2323 an up-to-date, complete list of all LilyPond mailing lists and forums
2324 around the world. Also, for the very first time our special guest
2325 today is LilyPond’s co-founder and core developer
2326 @strong{Jan Nieuwenhuizen}, who has been busy these past months --
2327 read on to find out what for!
2330 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-22, read
2331 LilyPond Report 22} now; comments and contributions are
2338 @subheading Alpha test four of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.38 released! @emph{Oct 31, 2010}
2340 LilyPond 2.13.38 is out; this is the fourth alpha test of the
2341 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2342 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2343 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2346 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2347 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2348 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.38, do not
2349 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2356 @subheading Alpha test three of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.37 released! @emph{Oct 25, 2010}
2358 LilyPond 2.13.37 is out; this is the third alpha test of the
2359 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2360 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2361 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2364 There are still some Critical problems with this release: the
2365 vertical spacing is suspicious in two cases, and lilypond can
2366 crash with some odd input. If you decide to test 2.13.37, do not
2367 be surprised to discover problems; just send us polite
2374 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.36 released! @emph{Oct 19, 2010}
2376 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.36. This
2377 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2378 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2381 Please note that this is @strong{not} the third alpha test. Due
2382 to a number of untested changes to our build process, we cannot be
2383 at all confident about the quality of this release.
2388 @subheading The LilyPond Report #21. @emph{Oct 3, 2010}
2390 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2391 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue mainly deals with
2392 microtonal notation in LilyPond, but does also include a how-to
2393 about running LilyPond from an USB key, not to forget the regular
2394 release news, the bug report of the Report, and some news from
2398 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-21, read
2399 LilyPond Report 21} now; comments and contributions are
2406 @subheading Alpha test two of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.35 released! @emph{Sep 29, 2010}
2408 LilyPond 2.13.35 is out; this is the second alpha test of the
2409 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2410 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2411 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2414 Three known regressions against 2.12.3 still exist:
2415 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2416 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2417 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, and two spacing
2419 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1240,
2421 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1252,
2422 Issue 1252}. If you decide to test 2.13.35, do not be surprised
2423 to discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2429 @subheading Alpha test of 2.14 -- LilyPond 2.13.34 released! @emph{Sep 21, 2010}
2431 LilyPond 2.13.34 is out; this is the first alpha test of the
2432 upcoming 2.14 stable release. Users are invited to experiment
2433 with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are listed in the
2434 @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
2437 One known regression against 2.12.3 still exist:
2438 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1173,
2439 Issue 1173 MetronomeMarks cannot be aligned on a note if a
2440 multi-measure rest exists in another voice}, but we expect to find
2441 more. If you decide to test 2.13.34, do not be surprised to
2442 discover problems; just send us polite @ref{Bug reports}.
2448 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.33 released! @emph{Sep 10, 2010}
2450 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.33. This
2451 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2452 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2461 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.32 released! @emph{Sep 3, 2010}
2463 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.32. This
2464 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2465 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2472 @subheading LilyPond Report #20. @emph{Sep 2, 2010}
2474 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2475 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains a review of an
2476 online notation editor using lilypond, along with the regular
2477 release news, snippet of the report, news from the frog pond, and
2478 the bug report of the report!
2481 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-20, read
2482 LilyPond Report 20} now; comments and contributions are
2488 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.31 released! @emph{Aug 24, 2010}
2490 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.31. This
2491 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2492 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2499 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.30 released! @emph{Aug 13, 2010}
2501 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.30. This
2502 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2503 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2510 @subheading LilyPond Report #19. @emph{Aug 9, 2010}
2512 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2513 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue contains some
2514 conference news, along with the regular release news, snippet of
2515 the report, news from the frog pond, and the bug report of the
2519 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-19, read
2520 LilyPond Report 19} now; comments and contributions are
2528 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.29 released! @emph{Aug 4, 2010}
2530 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.29. This
2531 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2532 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2535 This release radically changes the autobeaming rules, so use extra
2536 caution and expect breakage.
2541 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.28 released! @emph{July 13, 2010}
2543 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.28. This
2544 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2545 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2548 This release includes some major untested changes to the windows
2549 lilypad editor. Windows users should not be using this release
2550 because it is intended for developers only, but you ignore these
2551 warnings and try it anyway, use extra caution.
2556 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.27 released! @emph{July 5, 2010}
2558 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.27. This
2559 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2560 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2566 @subheading Testing our new website! @emph{June 29, 2010}
2568 We're testing our new website! For the next 24 hours, the new
2569 website will be the default website; after that, we will switch
2570 back to the old website while we examine feedback and make
2571 improvements to the new website.
2573 Please send feedback to @code{lilypond-user}; you can find more
2574 information on our page about @ref{Contact}.
2576 @warning{There are a few known problems with translations. If you
2577 are a non-English speaker, you may prefer to view the old lilypond
2579 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/}}
2585 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.26 released! @emph{June 26, 2010}
2587 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.26. This
2588 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2589 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2594 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.25 released! @emph{June 20, 2010}
2596 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.25. This
2597 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2598 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2604 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.24 released! @emph{June 14, 2010}
2606 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.24. This
2607 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2608 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2614 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.23 released! @emph{June 3, 2010}
2616 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.23. This
2617 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2618 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2623 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.22 released! @emph{May 27, 2010}
2625 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.22. This
2626 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2627 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2632 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.21 released! @emph{May 12, 2010}
2634 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.21. This
2635 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2636 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2639 This release should be of particular interest to package
2640 maintainers: we have made a few changes to the configure script
2641 and the required libraries. Barring any urgent bug reports, this
2642 is the build system and libraries that will be used for the next
2648 @subheading LilyPond Report #18. @emph{May 11, 2010}
2650 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with its two
2651 @qq{grumpy-and-fluffy} editors! This issue will be filled
2652 with emotion and coolness, paper bags and zigzag-ending
2653 staves, plus the usual Frogs and Bugs.
2656 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-18, read
2657 LilyPond Report 18} now; comments and contributions are
2664 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.20 released! @emph{May 5, 2010}
2666 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.20. This
2667 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, a number
2668 of critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2671 Minor syntax change: the undocumented @code{\cresc} and
2672 @code{\decresc} have changed. In addition, the [options] for the
2673 LaTeX mode of @code{lilypond-book} now comes after the
2674 @code{@{lilypond@}}, following normal LaTeX practice. As always,
2675 see the Changes document for more information.
2679 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.19 released! @emph{April 24, 2010}
2681 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.19. This
2682 release contains the usual number of bugfixes. However, 11
2683 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2688 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.18 released! @emph{April 16, 2010}
2690 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.18. This
2691 release contains the usual number of bugfixes, along with improved
2692 website translations. However, 14 critical issues still remain,
2693 so this release is intended for developers only.
2697 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.17 released! @emph{April 2, 2010}
2699 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.17. This
2700 release includes bugfixes for 4 critical issues. However, 15
2701 critical issues still remain, so this release is intended for
2706 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.16 released! @emph{March 15, 2010}
2708 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.16. This
2709 release is intended for developers only, and includes the usual
2714 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.15 released! @emph{March 4, 2010}
2716 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.15. This
2717 release is intended for developers only, and includes a few
2718 updates to the binary build process in addition to the usual round
2724 @subheading LilyPond Report #17. @emph{March 1, 2010}
2726 Yay, the Report is back, with a new team! It has been said that
2727 two heads are better than one — does it apply to newsletters as
2728 well? Read on and let us know! In this issue we’ll talk about
2729 websites and poetry, frogs and bugs, not to mention an extensive
2730 review of the Frescobaldi editor!
2732 What are you waiting for? Come
2733 @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-17, read
2734 LilyPond Report 17} now!
2739 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.14 released! @emph{February 27, 2010}
2741 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.14. This
2742 release is intended for developers only, and includes a large
2743 translation update in addition to the usual round of bugfixes.
2747 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.13 released! @emph{February 13, 2010}
2749 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.13. This
2750 release is intended for developers only, and fixes various
2751 problems with documentation build system as well as adding an
2752 output-preview-framework for our SVG backend. In addition, the
2753 binaries are now approximately 6 megabytes smaller.
2758 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.12 released! @emph{February 2, 2010}
2760 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.12. This
2761 release is intended for developers only, and brings more stability
2762 and fewer bugs to the build system and Contributor's Guide.
2766 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.11 released! @emph{January 16, 2010}
2768 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.11. This
2769 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2770 improvements to the build system, Contributor's Guide, and fixes 4
2771 critical regressions against earlier versions.
2775 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.10 released! @emph{December 31, 2009}
2777 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.10. This
2778 release is intended for developers only, and brings a number of
2779 improvements such as predictable regression test output filenames
2780 and English names for feta filenames.
2786 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.3 released! @emph{December 20, 2009}
2788 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This
2789 version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5
2790 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains
2791 dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development
2794 We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the
2795 last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now
2796 shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
2802 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.9 released! @emph{December 12, 2009}
2804 LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is
2805 licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for
2806 documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this
2807 release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
2809 Please note that 2.13 is an @strong{unstable development} branch;
2810 normal users should continue to use 2.12.
2815 @subheading New Website! @emph{October 3, 2009}
2817 As you can see, we have a new website design. Many thanks to
2818 texi2html and CSS for being so flexible!
2824 @subheading LilyPond Report #16. @emph{September 6, 2009}
2826 The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is
2827 about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2828 Read @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-16, issue 16}
2835 @subheading LilyPond 2.13.3. @emph{July 2, 2009}
2837 This unstable release contains working menus in OSX 10.5; many
2838 thanks to Christian Hitz for fixing this long-standing problem!
2839 This release also contains numerous other bugfixes and features
2840 such as ties with variable thickness, partially dashed slurs, and
2842 We are planning another 2.12 release in the next week or two,
2843 which will include the menu fixes for OSX 10.5. Normal users may
2844 wish to wait for this release rather than using an unstable
2852 @subheading A LilyPond weboldala magyarul. @emph{May 22, 2009}
2854 Elkészült a lilypond.org nagy részének magyar fordítása a LilyPond
2855 honosítási projekt első lépéseként. A projekt célja a LilyPond
2856 szabad kottaszedő szoftver minél széleskörűbben elérhetővé tétele
2857 a magyar felhasználók számára a teljes weboldal és dokumentáció
2858 lefordítása révén. A teljes dokumentáció lefordításához
2859 közreműködőket keresünk. Ha részt vennél a honosításban, küldj egy
2860 e-mailt a @code{harmathdenes AT gmail.com} címre!@*
2861 Harmath Dénes, a LilyPond honosítási projekt
2867 @subheading The LilyPond Report #15. @emph{May 18, 2009}
2869 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is a short, informal opinion column about the LilyPond project:
2870 its team, its world, its community.
2871 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-15,this link}
2872 to read the full issue...
2877 @subheading The LilyPond Report #14. @emph{April 13, 2009}
2879 The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, on a new website!
2880 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
2881 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20110325004849/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-14,this link} to read the full issue...
2886 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.2 and 2.13.0 — @emph{March 21, 2009}
2888 As a very belated announcement, the stable version of LilyPond is
2889 now 2.12.2, and the next development version has begun with
2895 @subheading LilyPond 2.12.0 @qq{Rune} — @emph{December 27, 2008}
2897 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
2899 @miscLink{announce-v2.12,Announcement},
2906 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.65 — Release Candidate. @emph{December 2, 2008}
2908 This release has improvements to MusicXML import, contributed by
2909 Reinhold Kainhofer, and adds support for splitting a book in several
2910 book parts, contributed by Nicolas Sceaux.
2911 Nested contexts of the same type are now allowed with any depth, and
2912 overriding nested properties can be done with list syntax, thanks to
2914 This is hopefully the last Release Candidate before stable release 2.12,
2915 so you are welcome to test this release if you can to report new
2917 @bugfixes{2_11_65,},
2919 @ref{Old downloads}.
2924 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.64. @emph{November 18, 2008}
2926 LilyPond 2.11.64 is available. MusicXML import has been improved,
2927 including church modes support, and a few bugs in the compilation
2928 and documentation building processes are fixed. The three
2929 documentation manuals are now fully translated in Spanish, thanks
2930 to Francisco Vila. The font cache problem in Windows binaries
2931 which used to cause excessive slowness should be fixed.
2934 @ref{Old downloads}.
2939 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.63. @emph{October 29, 2008}
2941 LilyPond 2.11.63 is available. This release has lots of updates to the
2942 documentation and translations.
2943 @ref{Old downloads}.
2948 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.62 -- Release Candidate. @emph{October 11, 2008}
2950 LilyPond 2.11.62 is available. This is is one of the last releases
2951 before 2.12, so testing it is encouraged. In addition to a bugfix
2952 in @code{\tempo} command, this release has lot of updates
2953 to Spanish and German documentation translations, and the
2954 stylesheet for HTML documentation has been improved.
2956 @bugfixes{2_11_62,},
2957 @ref{Old downloads}.
2962 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.61 available. @emph{October 1, 2008}
2964 LilyPond 2.11.61 has been released. It has updates to
2965 documentation translations, and a new automatic accidentals style
2966 (teaching) has been added.
2968 @bugfixes{2_11_61,},
2970 @ref{Old downloads}.
2975 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.60 available. @emph{September 25, 2008}
2977 LilyPond 2.11.60 has been released. A new style of double repeat
2978 bar line has been added, and @code{printallheaders} variable in
2979 score block has been renamed to @code{print-all-headers}.
2980 @ref{Old downloads}.
2985 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.59 available. @emph{September 20, 2008}
2987 Release 2.11.59 is out. LilyPond now uses 64 bit integers for
2988 rational numbers, which allows typesetting more complex polymetric
2989 music. This release also has updates to German and Spanish
2990 translations of the documentation.
2991 @ref{Old downloads}.
2996 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.58 available. @emph{September 13, 2008}
2998 LilyPond 2.11.58 is a beta release, which means the next stable
2999 release is expected in a few weeks. This release is also special,
3000 as it includes code which supports more flexible automatic
3001 accidentals rules, written several months ago by Rune Zedeler,
3002 deceased since then. All the development team express their
3003 condolences to his family and his friends. Besides this,
3004 automatic beaming has been improved by Carl Sorensen, support
3005 for creating stem flags in a new style has been contributed by
3006 Reinhold Kainhofer, and a few bugs have been fixed.
3008 @bugfixes{2_11_58,},
3010 @ref{Old downloads}.
3015 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.57 available. @emph{August 27, 2008}
3017 LilyPond 2.11.57 is out. This release adds support for harp pedal
3018 diagrams, contributed by Reinhold Kainhofer, and some changes in
3019 markup command names have been made.
3022 @ref{Old downloads}.
3027 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.56 available. @emph{August 17, 2008}
3029 LilyPond 2.11.56 is out. This release features transposable fret
3030 diagrams, contributed by Carl Sorensen. Translations status pages
3031 are now available from the documentation start page. Two
3032 predefined commands @code{\pointAndClickOn},
3033 @code{\pointAndClickOff} have also been added.
3036 @ref{Old downloads}.
3041 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.55 available. @emph{August 6, 2008}
3043 LilyPond 2.11.55 is out. This release fixes several bugs, and for octavation brackets
3044 @code{set-octavation} has been replaced by a more user-friendly command, @code{\ottava}.
3046 @bugfixes{2_11_55,},
3047 @ref{Old downloads}.
3052 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.54 available. @emph{July 30, 2008}
3054 LilyPond 2.11.54 is out. This release fixes a bug in tie formatting
3055 following a line break, and changes the behavior of @code{short-indent}
3056 so that short instrument names are no longer indented in the margin.
3058 @bugfixes{2_11_54,},
3059 @ref{Old downloads}.
3064 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.53 available. @emph{July 23, 2008}
3066 LilyPond 2.11.53 is out. This release fixes a lot of bugs.
3068 @bugfixes{2_11_53,},
3069 @ref{Old downloads}.
3074 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.52 available. @emph{July 14, 2008}
3076 Release 2.11.52 fixes wrong offset of a bar number when it follows
3077 a breath mark, and syntax changes made in recent development
3078 releases are now fully listed on the News page.
3080 @bugfixes{2_11_52,},
3082 @ref{Old downloads}.
3087 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.51 available. @emph{July 8, 2008}
3089 Release 2.11.51 has a couple of bugfixes, and a lot of changes in
3090 predefined command names. Fret diagrams formatting has been
3091 improved by Carl Sorensen, it is now controlled
3092 by @code{fret-diagram-details} property.
3094 @bugfixes{2_11_51,},
3095 @ref{Old downloads}.
3100 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.50 available. @emph{July 2, 2008}
3102 Release 2.11.50 adds support for metronome marks with text, and
3103 backslashed numbers for figured bass, contributed by
3106 @bugfixes{2_11_50,},
3107 @ref{Old downloads}.
3112 @subheading The LilyPond Report #13. @emph{June 23, 2008}
3114 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3115 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123759/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-13,this link} to read the full issue...
3120 @subheading The LilyPond Report #12. @emph{June 16, 2008}
3122 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3123 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123754/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-12,this link} to read the full issue...
3128 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.49 released. @emph{June 12, 2008}
3130 LilyPond 2.11.49 is out. It fixes a number of bugs, including bugs in beams formatting.
3132 @bugfixes{2_11_49,},
3133 @ref{Old downloads}.
3138 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.48 released. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3140 LilyPond 2.11.48 is out. This release fixes a few bugs, and
3141 @code{\compressMusic} has been renamed
3142 to @code{\scaleDurations}.
3144 @bugfixes{2_11_48,},
3145 @ref{Old downloads}.
3150 @subheading The LilyPond Report #11. @emph{June 9, 2008}
3152 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3153 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123750/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-11,this link} to read the full issue...
3158 @subheading The LilyPond Report #10. @emph{June 2, 2008}
3160 Welcome to this special tenth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}, entirely dedicated to Algorithmic Composition systems.@*
3161 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123743/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-10,this link} to read the full issue...
3166 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.47 released. @emph{May 28, 2008}
3168 LilyPond now allows all text context properties to be markups,
3169 except in @code{\lyricmode}. This release also fixes
3170 regression tests maintenance for developers.
3172 @bugfixes{2_11_47,},
3173 @ref{Old downloads}.
3178 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.46 available. @emph{May 22, 2008}
3180 Release 2.11.46 fixes a lot of bugs and includes a rewrite of
3181 dynamics engravers. Support for slur-shaped arpeggios has been added.
3183 @bugfixes{2_11_46,},
3185 @ref{Old downloads}.
3190 @subheading RSS feed - @emph{May 21, 2008}
3192 A RSS feed is now available on lilypond.org. It contains all
3193 news announced on the web site start page: releases, LilyPond
3194 report, new translations of the site and publications.
3195 @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/lilypond-rss-feed.xml,Feed URL}.
3196 The info mailing list (see @ref{Contact}) is still used to
3197 announce releases and special events.
3202 @subheading The LilyPond Report #9. @emph{May 05, 2008}
3204 Welcome to this ninth issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}!@*
3205 This short, informal, weekly opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community.
3206 Follow @uref{http://web.archive.org/web/20120220123946/http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-9,this link} to read the full issue...
3211 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.45 available. @emph{April 26, 2008}
3213 Release 2.11.45 fixes a couple of bugs in the formatting
3214 engine. @code{lilypond-book} has been improved, with better
3215 performance, a bugfix about included files, and more flexibility
3216 for preprocessing documents with LaTeX variants. Support for
3217 enclosing text in a rounded box has been contributed by Valentin
3220 @bugfixes{2_11_45,},
3222 @ref{Old downloads}.
3227 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.44 available. @emph{April 14, 2008}
3229 Release 2.11.44 is available. Support for figured bass and chord
3230 names has been added to the MusicXML
3233 @bugfixes{2_11_44,},
3234 @ref{Old downloads}.
3239 @subheading lilypond.org日本語訳 (lilypond.org Japanese translation). @emph{2008年4月8日 (April 4, 2008)}
3241 lilypond.orgのいくつかのページの日本語訳が出来ました。
3246 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.43 available. @emph{March 31, 2008}
3248 Release 2.11.43 has been available since March 27. It fixes a
3249 couple of formatting bugs, and the font cache problem with
3250 MS-Windows binaries which caused excessive slowness has been
3253 @bugfixes{2_11_43,},
3254 @ref{Old downloads}.
3259 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.42 available. @emph{March 9, 2008}
3261 Release 2.11.42 is out. It fixes some formatting and spacing
3264 @bugfixes{2_11_42,},
3265 @ref{Old downloads}.
3270 @subheading Comparison of music engraving with Finale and LilyPond. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3272 In three articles, Andrew Hawryluk compares Finale and LilyPond in
3273 general terms, and evaluates in detail engraving capabilities of
3274 both pieces of software. The second article is an instructive
3275 analysis of Rachmaninoff's Piano Prelude 6 engraving, including
3276 comparisons with a reference hand-engraved edition.
3277 @uref{http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html,Read
3283 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.41 available. @emph{February 25, 2008}
3285 Release 2.11.41 is available. It has a few bugfixes, updated
3286 program messages in French, German, Spanish and Vietnamese, and
3287 updates to the MusicXML converter.
3289 @bugfixes{2_11_41,},
3290 @ref{Old downloads}.
3295 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.37 available. @emph{January 3, 2008}
3297 Release 2.11.37 is available. It has a few bugfixes, and
3298 documentation changes. (@ref{Old downloads})
3303 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.36 available. @emph{December 13, 2007}
3305 Release 2.11.36 is now available. It has many bugfixes, updates
3306 for MusicXML import, and it includes major documentation changes from
3307 Grand Documentation Project.
3309 @bugfixes{2_11_36,},
3310 @ref{Old downloads}.
3315 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.33 and 2.11.33 available. @emph{September 20, 2007}
3317 Release 2.11.33 is now available.
3319 @bugfixes{2_10_33,2.10},
3320 @bugfixes{2_11_33,2.11},
3321 @ref{Old downloads}.
3326 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.32 available. @emph{September 2, 2007}
3328 Release 2.11.32 is now available.
3330 @bugfixes{2_11_32,},
3331 @ref{Old downloads}.
3336 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.31 available. @emph{August 31, 2007}
3338 Release 2.11.31 is now available. It has more bugfixes, updates
3339 for MusicXML import and lots of updates for the translations.
3341 @bugfixes{2_11_31,},
3342 @ref{Old downloads}.
3347 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.30 available. @emph{August 20, 2007}
3349 Release 2.11.30 is now available. It has various bugfixes among
3350 others in the new spacing code, MusicXML import and lots of updates
3351 for the translations.
3353 @bugfixes{2_11_30,},
3354 @ref{Old downloads}.
3359 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.29 and 2.11.29 available. @emph{August 11, 2007}
3361 Release 2.11.29 is now available. 2.10.29 has a few small fixes.
3362 2.11.29 has several bugfixes, among others in the new spacing code,
3363 and lots of updates for the translations.
3365 @bugfixes{2_10_29,2.10},
3366 @bugfixes{2_11_29,2.11},
3367 @ref{Old downloads}.
3372 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 for FreeBSD x86_64. @emph{August 10, 2007}
3374 Release 2.11.28 is now available as a binary installer for
3375 FreeBSD x86_64. Download
3376 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/freebsd-64/,the installer} and
3377 do @emph{sh lilypond-2.11.28-1.freebsd-64.sh} in a command window.
3382 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.28 available - @emph{July 25, 2007}
3383 Release 2.11.28 has several updates to the manual and its
3384 translations, an plethora of bugfixes and a complete cleanup of the
3385 spacing engine code.
3387 @bugfixes{2_11_28,},
3388 @ref{Old downloads}.
3393 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.26 available - @emph{June 8, 2007}
3395 Release 2.11.26 supports page markers, eg. for use in
3396 tables-of-contents. In addition, it fixes a number of bugs. Enjoy!
3398 @bugfixes{2_11_26,},
3399 @ref{Old downloads}.
3404 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.25 and 2.11.25 available - @emph{May 20, 2007}
3406 Release 2.11.25 has support for toplevel page breaking commands,
3407 and page breaking as a whole has been sped up significantly. Enjoy!
3409 @bugfixes{2_10_25,2.10},
3410 @bugfixes{2_11_25,2.11},
3411 @ref{Old downloads}.
3416 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.23 and 2.11.23 available - @emph{May 1, 2007}
3417 This has lots of bugfixes.
3419 @bugfixes{2_10_23,2.10},
3420 @bugfixes{2_11_23,2.11},
3421 @ref{Old downloads}.
3426 @subheading Übersetzung der Dokumentation - @emph{10. April 2007}
3427 Die Kapitel 1-5 (der Abschnitt für Anfänger) des LilyPond-Benutzerhandbuchs
3428 sind auf deutsch übersetzt --- sie sind erhältlich für die @ref{Changes}
3429 online und @ref{Old downloads}.
3434 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.22 available - @emph{April 10, 2007}
3435 This release has updates of the dot collision code.
3437 @bugfixes{2_11_22,},
3439 @ref{Old downloads}.
3444 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.21 available - @emph{March 24, 2007}
3445 This release has some documentation updates.
3447 @bugfixes{2_11_21,},
3449 @ref{Old downloads}.
3454 @subheading Traduction de la documentation en français - @emph{25 février 2007}
3455 Les chapitres 1 à 4 et 6 du manuel de l'utilisateur sont désormais traduits, et
3456 disponibles en ligne ---
3457 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.10},
3458 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/index.fr.html,version 2.11}.
3459 Les traductions sont également incluses dans la
3460 @uref{install,documentation téléchargeable}.
3465 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.20 and 2.11.20 available - @emph{February 25, 2007}
3466 This release fixes many bugs.
3468 @bugfixes{2_10_20,2.10},
3469 @bugfixes{2_11_20,2.11},
3471 @ref{Old downloads}.
3476 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.19 and 2.11.19 available - @emph{February 18, 2007}
3477 This release fixes many bugs.
3479 @bugfixes{2_10_19,2.10},
3480 @bugfixes{2_11_19,2.11},
3482 @ref{Old downloads}.
3487 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.18 available - @emph{February 12, 2007}
3488 This release fixes still more bugs, and included
3489 singing support through festival contributed by Milan Zamazal.
3491 @bugfixes{2_11_18,},
3493 @ref{Old downloads}.
3498 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.17 available - @emph{February 9, 2007}
3499 This release fixes still more bugs.
3501 @bugfixes{2_11_17,},
3503 @ref{Old downloads}.
3508 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.16 and 2.11.16 available - @emph{February 4, 2007}
3509 This release fixes many bugs.
3510 (@bugfixes{2_10_16,2.10},
3511 @bugfixes{2_11_16,2.11},
3513 @ref{Old downloads})
3518 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.15 and 2.11.15 available - @emph{February 1, 2007}
3519 This release will stretch piano staves on a
3520 system-by-system basis and add a few glyphs: a black harmonic note
3521 head and the slashed mirrored flat.
3523 @bugfixes{2_10_15,2.10},
3524 @bugfixes{2_11_15,2.11},
3526 @ref{Old downloads}.
3531 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.14 and 2.11.14 available - @emph{January 26, 2007}
3532 This release has a rewrite of the line-spanner code, responsible for
3533 among other glissandi and text-crescendos, making them more flexible.
3535 @bugfixes{2_11_14,},
3542 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.13 and 2.11.13 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3543 This release fixes a few minor but irritating bugs. In addition, the
3544 2.11 release has updates of the tutorial.
3546 @bugfixes{2_11_13,},
3548 @ref{Old downloads}.
3553 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3554 This release fixes lots of bugs. In particular, the tie formatting has
3555 been further improved, and memory usage has been improved enormously.
3557 @bugfixes{2_11_12,},
3559 @ref{Old downloads}.
3564 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.12 available - @emph{January 17, 2007}
3565 This release mirrors 2.11.12. Notably, it has the same memory
3568 @bugfixes{2_10_12,},
3570 @ref{Old downloads}.
3575 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.11 available - @emph{January 12, 2007}
3576 This release mostly has the same fixes as 2.11.11.
3578 @bugfixes{2_10_11,},
3580 @ref{Old downloads}.
3585 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.11 available - @emph{January 11, 2007}
3586 This release has further fixes for popular bugs. Timing of the MIDI
3587 output won't get confused by tuplets and grace notes anymore. Some fat
3588 has also been trimmed of the skyline code performance.
3590 @bugfixes{2_11_11,},
3592 @ref{Old downloads}.
3597 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3598 LilyPond 2.11.10 has further review of the test-suite, performance and
3599 code coverage. This brought to light several problems that were
3600 fixed. Notably, 2.11.10 fixes lots of regressions in optical
3601 correction spacing and MIDI dynamics. Also, this version is 20 to 50
3602 % faster than previous 2.11 releases.
3604 @bugfixes{2_11_10,},
3606 @ref{Old downloads}.
3611 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.10 available - @emph{January 8, 2007}
3612 This release fixes several popular bugs, among others: MIDI files
3613 that go silent after (de)crescendi, and tuplets problems with quoting
3616 @bugfixes{2_10_10,},
3618 @ref{Old downloads}.
3623 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.9 and 2.10.9 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3624 This release has a couple of bugfixes, and ---in 2.11.9---
3625 further improvements in the regression test suite
3629 @ref{Old downloads}.
3634 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.8 and 2.10.8 available - @emph{January 3, 2007}
3635 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3639 @ref{Old downloads}.
3644 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} auf deutsch - @emph{31. Dezember 2006}
3645 Die LilyPond-Webseiten sind jetzt auch auf deutsch übersetzt!
3650 @subheading @code{lilypond.org} en español - @emph{December 29, 2006}
3651 ¡Ya está disponible la versión en español del sitio web de LilyPond!
3656 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.7 and 2.10.7 available - @emph{January 1, 2007}
3657 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3661 @ref{Old downloads}.
3666 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3667 This release supports arbitrary fractional alterations, allowing
3668 music with different microtonal conventions to be typeset.
3672 @ref{Old downloads}.
3677 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.6 available - @emph{December 30, 2006}
3678 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3682 @ref{Old downloads}.
3687 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3688 These releases complete the translation infrastructure for
3693 @ref{Old downloads}.
3698 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.5 available - @emph{December 24, 2006}
3699 New! Improved! With even more bugfixes!
3703 @ref{Old downloads}.
3708 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.4 available - @emph{December 21, 2006}
3709 The vertical spacing improvements that were introduced in 2.11.0 now work
3710 within a system as well as between systems.
3714 @ref{Old downloads}.
3719 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3720 This release has @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/compare-v2.10.3/index.html,graphical
3721 test results} and several website build improvements.
3725 @ref{Old downloads}.
3730 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.3 available - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3731 This release fixes several bugs.
3734 @ref{Old downloads}.
3739 @subheading LinuxPPC binaries available! - @emph{December 19, 2006}
3740 From now on, our GUB binary builds include support for Linux/PPC. (@ref{Old downloads})
3745 @subheading Traduction du tutoriel en français. @emph{December 13, 2006}
3746 Fruit du travail d'une équipe de traducteurs, le tutoriel en français est
3747 maintenant disponible en ligne.
3748 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.10},
3749 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Tutorial.fr.html,Version 2.11}.
3754 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3755 This release supports glissandi and harmonics in tablature.
3759 @ref{Old downloads}.
3764 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.2 available - @emph{December 12, 2006}
3765 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3768 @ref{Old downloads}.
3773 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.1 available - @emph{December 4, 2006}
3774 This release has improved support for horizontal spacing.
3778 @ref{Old downloads}.
3783 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.1 available - @emph{December 3, 2006}
3784 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3787 @ref{Old downloads}.
3792 @subheading LilyPond 2.11.0 available - @emph{November 27, 2006}
3793 This release has improved support for vertical spacing. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3798 @subheading LilyPond 2.10.0 available - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3799 A new stable release of LilyPond is available.
3800 (@miscLink{announce-v2.10,Announcement}, @ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3805 @subheading GIT repository online - @emph{November 11, 2006}
3806 LilyPond development has moved over its source code to @uref{http://git.or.cz,GIT}, the fast version control
3807 system. Check out our repository at @uref{http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=summary,gnu.org}.
3812 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.29 available - @emph{November 5, 2006}
3813 This release has many more bugfixes.
3816 @ref{Old downloads}.
3821 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.28 available - @emph{November 3, 2006}
3822 This release has many more bugfixes.
3825 @ref{Old downloads}.
3830 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.27 available - @emph{October 28, 2006}
3831 This release has a new @code{FretBoards} context, and some further
3836 @ref{Old downloads}.
3841 @subheading Music streams thesis available - @emph{October 21, 2006}
3842 The last months, Erik Sandberg has been overhauling the internals of
3843 Lily. This change introduces a new intermediate format, Music Streams,
3844 which will make it easier get music data out of LilyPond. A copy of
3845 the thesis is now available from lilypond.org
3846 (@ref{Publications}).
3851 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.26 available - @emph{October 20, 2006}
3852 This release has further bugfixes.
3855 @ref{Old downloads}.
3860 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.25 available - @emph{October 18, 2006}
3861 This release has more bugfixes; from now on, binaries are also
3862 available for x86/64.
3865 @ref{Old downloads}.
3870 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.24 available - @emph{October 15, 2006}
3871 This release has support for right hand guitar fingerings, and offers
3872 some bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
3873 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/list?can=1&q=fixed2924&colspec=ID+Type+Status+Priority+Milestone+Owner+Summary,Bugfixes},
3874 @ref{Old downloads})
3879 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.23 available - @emph{October 12, 2006}
3880 This release cuts fragments of EPS directly from your finished score,
3881 and makes it easier to insert ties into lyrics. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3886 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.22 available - @emph{October 9, 2006}
3887 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3892 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.21 available - @emph{October 4, 2006}
3893 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3898 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.20 available - @emph{October 3, 2006}
3899 Test this release candidate for LilyPond 2.10! (@ref{Old downloads})
3904 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.17 available - @emph{September 2, 2006}
3905 This release fixes many bugs. Among others, MacOS X QuickTime now
3906 honors tempo changes are in the MIDI output. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3911 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.16 available - @emph{August 25, 2006}
3912 In this release, chords may be partially tied and lyric extenders have
3913 tunable padding. Moreover, many bugs were fixed
3914 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3919 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.15 available - @emph{August 20, 2006}
3920 This releases fixes many bugs in the 2.9.14 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
3925 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.6 available - @emph{August 8, 2006}
3926 This release contains a few minor bugfixes; the source tarball is also
3927 available. (@ref{Old downloads})
3932 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.14 available - @emph{August 4, 2006}
3933 This release supports instrument name changes, dotted barlines and
3934 better spacing for floating grace notes. In addition, it contains
3935 ongoing work by Erik Sandberg to extend the interpretation phase with
3936 stream support. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3941 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.13 available - @emph{July 23, 2006}
3942 This release supports doits and falls, and more tuning options for
3943 grace note spacing and tuplet brackets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3948 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.12 available - @emph{July 18, 2006}
3949 This release supports pdftex for lilypond-book, and uses PdfTeX for
3950 generating manuals, so page numbers and references are now clickable.
3951 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3956 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.11 available - @emph{July 12, 2006}
3957 This release wraps improvements of the last two weeks. As a new
3958 feature, it supports tunable tuplet number formatting for nested
3959 tuplets. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
3964 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.10 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3965 This releases fixes a couple of bugs in 2.9.9.
3967 @ref{Old downloads})
3972 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.9 available - @emph{June 15, 2006}
3973 This releases fixes many bugs in 2.9.8 and earlier.
3975 @ref{Old downloads})
3980 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.8 available - @emph{June 6, 2006}
3981 2.9.8 has support for different spacing sections within a single
3982 score, and better infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3984 @ref{Old downloads})
3989 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.4 available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3990 2.8.4 fixes some minor bugs, and includes a backport of the
3991 infrastructure for automated regression testing.
3992 (@ref{Old downloads})
3997 @subheading First test results available - @emph{June 4, 2006}
3998 After a week of frantic tweaking, the first automated testing results
3999 are available. You can now see @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.9/compare-v2.8.4/index.html,in full
4000 glory} what features are broken in the development release
4005 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.7 available - @emph{May 30, 2006}
4006 2.9.7 has improvements in the formatting for figured bass, and
4007 includes a new framework for detecting bugs earlier, which will make
4008 the development releases even better
4013 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.6 available - @emph{May 24, 2006}
4015 release has new features in beam formatting: beams may now be put on
4016 single stems, and obey the @code{beatGrouping} property. MusicXML
4017 converter. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4022 @subheading New essay pages! - @emph{May 22, 2006}
4023 The @emph{Automated Engraving} essay has been updated with material
4024 from the @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL} talk, with
4025 pages on @uref{about/automated-engraving/problem-statement,modeling
4026 notation} and @uref{about/automated-engraving/scoring-esthetics,algorithms for
4027 esthetics}. Happy reading!
4032 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.5 available - @emph{May 17, 2006}
4033 This release supports object rotation, hairpins with circled tips,
4034 hairpins that run to barlines before notes and improvements in the
4036 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4041 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.4 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4042 This release has support for feathered beaming, and note head styles in
4043 the markup @code{\note} command. In addition, it has a lot of updates
4044 of the manual and a clean up of the spring spacer.
4045 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4050 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.2 available - @emph{May 12, 2006}
4051 This release has fixes for minor bugs and compilation issues.
4052 (@ref{Old downloads})
4057 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.3 is out! - @emph{May 7, 2006}
4058 This new release has lots of updates of the manual, courtesy Graham
4059 and the contributors of the mailing. It handles formatting for ties in
4060 arpegiated chords better (feature sponsored by
4061 Steve Doonan), it has al niente hairpins, courtesy of Erlend Aasland,
4062 and some cleanups of the PostScript output, courtesy David Feuer. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4067 @subheading FISL7.0 slides available - @emph{April 22, 2006}
4068 The slides for Han-Wen's talk at
4069 @uref{http://fisl.softwarelivre.org,FISL 7} are now online.
4070 (@ref{Publications})
4075 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4076 Important bugfixes include CJK font handling and a Darwin/x86 port.
4077 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4082 @subheading LilyPond 2.9.1 is out! - @emph{April 3, 2006}
4083 It's mostly a bugfix release, and it's almoste the same as 2.8.1. This
4084 release mainly fixes problems with CJK font loading.
4085 (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4090 @subheading LilyPond on MacOS X/Intel - @emph{March 31, 2006}
4091 LilyPond now also runs on Intel based macs, offering a 400%
4092 speedup over the emulated PowerPC binaries. (@ref{Old downloads})
4097 @subheading LilyPond 2.8.0 is out! - @emph{March 22, 2006}
4098 Version 2.8 is here! Read the @miscLink{announce-v2.8,release
4099 announcement}. (@ref{Changes}, @ref{Old downloads})
4104 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.39 is out - @emph{March 17, 2006}
4105 This release has even more bug fixes. Please test before 2.8 is
4106 released. (@ref{Changes},
4107 @ref{Old downloads})
4112 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.38 is out - @emph{March 12, 2006}
4113 This is likely to be the last release candidate before we release 2.8,
4114 so report any bugs that you might find. New attractions include:
4115 lilypond postscript files now work with GSView, cut & pasting lily
4116 code from PDF files should now work, and spacing fixes for
4117 multi-measure rests.
4119 @ref{Old downloads})
4124 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.37 is out - @emph{March 4, 2006}
4125 This release has more bug fixes. Please help us by testing it!
4127 @ref{Old downloads})
4132 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.36 is out - @emph{February 24, 2006}
4133 This is another release candidate for 2.8. It has lots of bug fixes
4134 and polishes to the documentation. It also contains support for
4135 creating ties that are only on their right side connected to note
4136 heads, which is handy for repeats (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4137 The documentation suite can now be downloaded as a separate tarball
4138 from lilypond.org. (@ref{Changes},
4139 @ref{Old downloads})
4144 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.35 is out - @emph{February 19, 2006}
4145 This release has lots of bugs fixes. The plan is to release 2.8 at the
4146 end of this month, so bug reports are @strong{very} welcome. By
4147 definition a bug is release critical if it wasn't present in version
4148 2.6. (@ref{Changes},
4149 @ref{Old downloads})
4154 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.34 is out - @emph{February 16, 2006}
4155 This release has a bunch of bugfixes, and new features. Newly created
4156 contexts may also be named with @code{\new Voice =
4157 "alto"}. Thicknesses of tie and slurs may be tuned separately for
4158 the endings and the middle
4159 part. (@ref{Changes},
4160 @ref{Old downloads})
4165 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.33 is out - @emph{February 10, 2006}
4166 Items directly connected with a music input element may be
4167 parenthesized, for example,
4170 c4 -\parenthesize -.
4171 <d \parenthesize fis a>
4175 This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar. (@ref{Changes},
4176 @ref{Old downloads})
4181 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.32 is out - @emph{February 7, 2006}
4182 This release contains some syntax changes: words inside the \paper and
4183 \layout block are henceforth written with dashes, for instance:
4193 Furthermore, in this release, we have dropped some legacy code from
4194 our library. Now, lily uses standard C++ strings and the STL
4195 vector. (@ref{Changes},
4196 @ref{Old downloads})
4201 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.31 is out - @emph{February 2, 2006}
4202 This release fixes a load of bugs, and has some internal
4203 cleanups. Exported C++ members are now named
4204 ly:class-name::function-name in Scheme instead of
4205 Class_name::function_name. We are now using C++ vectors and strings
4206 instead of our own. The Linux/FreeBSD builds now include wrappers for
4207 Python scripts too, so you can run convert-ly and midi2ly.
4209 @ref{Old downloads})
4214 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.30 is out - @emph{January 30, 2006}
4215 This release has a few bug fixes, like the solfa note head shape and
4216 collisions, the \epsfile command, and in getting No. ligature in
4217 normal words. (@ref{Changes},
4218 @ref{Old downloads})
4223 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.29 is out - @emph{January 27, 2006}
4224 This release has the following new features. Alignments of staves may
4225 be tuned per system (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca), individual
4226 systems may be positioned manually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca
4227 and Nicolas Sceaux), a linebreaking configuration can now be saved as
4228 a `.ly' file automatically. This allows vertical alignments to be
4229 stretched to fit pages in a second formatting run (feature sponsored
4230 by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4231 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4232 @ref{Old downloads})
4237 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.28 is out - @emph{January 22, 2006}
4238 This release contains numerous small fixes that were already in our
4239 GUB binaries. In addition, it has further polish for formatting of
4240 tied chords. Theses improvements were sponsored by Steve
4241 Doonan. (@ref{Changes},
4242 @ref{Old downloads})
4247 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 4 - @emph{January 13, 2006}
4249 The fourth release of our Grand Unified Binary for 2.7.27 is
4250 available. This release uses Pango 1.11.1, which has support for
4251 ligatures and kerning. Enjoy! (@ref{Old downloads})
4256 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27, release 3 - @emph{January 12, 2006}
4257 The third release of our Grand Unified Binaries is available. This
4258 release fixes external font-support, the decompression flag for
4259 Linux. Also, we have support for @strong{FreeBSD} as well! Jump
4260 to the @ref{Old downloads} get them!
4265 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 binaries are out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4266 Starting with 2.7.26, the development team has been working on the
4267 installers. We're proud to announce another version of these: they are
4269 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/linux-x86/,
4271 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/darwin-ppc/,
4273 @uref{http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/mingw/,
4279 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.27 is out - @emph{January 7, 2006}
4280 This release allows you to switch staff lines on and off individually
4281 (feature sponsored by Andrea
4282 Valle). (@ref{Changes},
4283 @ref{Old downloads})
4288 @subheading Linux Journal article - @emph{January 2006}
4289 Linux Journal publishes an article on
4290 @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8364,@emph{Make
4291 Stunning Schenker Graphs with GNU LilyPond}}. It is a
4292 in-depth but hands-on feature article with crisp LilyPond
4295 Author Kris Shaffer remarks
4296 @qq{GNU LilyPond generates beautiful graphics that make commercial
4297 alternatives seem second-rate.}
4298 This article is now available @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8583,on-line}.
4303 @subheading New binaries for LilyPond 2.7.26 - @emph{January 4, 2006}
4304 The Development team has been working around the clock to improve
4305 to fix the first wave bugs reported by you. The new results for MacOS
4306 and Windows are up on the @ref{Old downloads}
4307 page. Let us know how you fare!
4312 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.26 is out - @emph{December 31, 2005}
4313 This release has an improvement in the MusicXML importer (feature
4314 sponsored by Mark vd Borre's Music Academy): now, staves and voices
4315 are also setup, so you can readily run LilyPond on the .ly output.
4316 The important occasion for this release is our new build
4317 environment: we have completely revamped it, which means that binaries
4318 for all platforms (including MacOS, Windows, Linux/x86, but probably
4319 FreeBSD too) will be more quickly available for download.
4320 A happy 2006 from the LilyPond Development Team!
4322 @ref{Old downloads})
4327 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.25 is out - @emph{December 24, 2005}
4328 This release has various bugfixes. Also, stems on the center line now
4329 have their directions interpolated to minimize the number of direction
4330 changes (feature sponsored by Basil Crow and Mike
4331 Rolish). (@ref{Changes},
4332 @ref{Old downloads})
4337 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.24 is out - @emph{December 20, 2005}
4338 This release fixes a couple of bugs, but more importantly, slurs now
4339 avoid TupletNumbers, and tuplet numbers may enter the staff (feature
4340 sponsored by Trent Johnston), tuplet brackets and numbers are
4341 implemented as separate grobs, TupletBracket and TupletNumber (rewrite
4342 sponsored by Trent Johnston), string arguments for music functions may
4343 be specified without # marks. This allows syntactical constructs (like
4344 \clef and \bar) to be expressed in generic music
4345 functions. (@ref{Changes},
4346 @ref{Old downloads})
4351 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.23 is out - @emph{December 19, 2005}
4352 This release has the following new features:
4355 Ties in chords are also formatted using score based
4356 formatting. This reduces the number of collisions for ties in chords
4357 (feature sponsored by Steve Doonan).
4359 With the \tweak music function, layout objects that are directly
4360 connected to input may be tuned easily (feature sponsored by Sean Reed
4361 and Bertalan Fodor).
4363 Generic music functions may now also be used on
4364 articulations and chord elements (feature sponsored by Sean Reed and
4367 Better support for MusicXML, more options for spacing Lyrics;
4368 it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for normal
4369 and hyphenated syllables (features sponsored by Mark van den Borre and
4373 @ref{Old downloads})
4378 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.22 is out - @emph{December 9, 2005}
4379 This release has better support for MusicXML: it also supports ties,
4380 beams and editorial accidentals. It also has more options for spacing
4381 Lyrics; it is now possible to separately specify minimum distances for
4382 normal and hyphenated syllables. These features were sponsored by Mark
4383 van den Borre and Bertalan
4384 Fodor. (@ref{Changes},
4385 @ref{Old downloads})
4390 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.21 is out - @emph{December 5, 2005}
4391 Saint Nicholas brings you ... a @uref{http://www.musicxml.org/,MusicXML} convertor for LilyPond!
4392 The convertor is basic, but working. Check out the @uref{http://www.lilypond-design.com/sponsor/open-features.html#inputfilter,
4393 LilyPond Software Design} pages for MusicXML features that can be
4399 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.20 is out - @emph{December 2, 2005}
4400 This release contains the following improvements: Texts set in a
4401 TrueType font are now kerned. Using the TeX no longer requires linking
4402 or dynamically opening the kpathsea library, making the backend more
4403 easily usable on various systems (feature sponsored by Christian Ebert
4405 Productions). (@ref{Changes},
4406 @ref{Old downloads})
4411 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.5 is out - @emph{December 1, 2005}
4412 This release updates the bugreporting address and reorganizes the
4413 documentation tree. (@ref{Old downloads})
4418 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.19 is out - @emph{November 26, 2005}
4419 This version contains a few bugfixes, and now allows the type of
4420 brackets in system start bracket hierarchies to be specified. Also,
4421 the horizontal alignment of rehearsal marks may be changed: marks can
4422 be put on key signatures, clefs, time signatures,
4423 etc. (@ref{Changes},
4424 @ref{Old downloads})
4429 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.18 is out - @emph{November 21, 2005}
4430 This version features nestable system start delimiters, like bracket,
4431 brace. It also adds "square" line bracket (feature sponsored by Trevor
4432 Baca). It also has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4433 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4434 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4435 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4436 @ref{Old downloads})
4441 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.17 is out - @emph{November 17, 2005}
4442 This version has refactored routines for tie formatting. This will
4443 make it easier to get better tie formatting for chords (feature
4444 sponsored by Steve Doonan). It also has a few bug
4445 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4446 @ref{Old downloads})
4451 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.16 is out - @emph{November 11, 2005}
4452 This release fixes a large number of bugs. Please upgrade before
4453 reporting bugs in the 2.7 series. (@ref{Changes},
4454 @ref{Old downloads})
4459 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.15 is out - @emph{November 3, 2005}
4460 This release has another massive cleanup of the backend. Each grob
4461 property may also be a "grob closure". This means that it is possible
4462 to combine functions. Calculation of extent and offset of grob is now
4463 controlled via the `X-extent', `Y-extent', `X-offset' and `Y-offset'
4464 properties. (@ref{Changes},
4465 @ref{Old downloads})
4470 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.14 is out - @emph{October 23, 2005}
4471 This release has more cleanup in the layout-engine. Now,
4472 properties that have Procedure values are thought to be procedures
4473 that compute said property, i.e.
4476 \override Beam #'direction = #(lambda (grob)
4477 (if (> (random 10) 5) UP DOWN))
4480 will set a random direction for beams. (@ref{Changes},
4481 @ref{Old downloads})
4486 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.13 is out - @emph{October 18, 2005}
4487 This release features slashed numerals, plus signs and interruptible
4488 extender lines for figured bass. Merging of Figured bass lines has
4489 been made switchable with the figuredBassCenterContinuations
4490 property. For each grob, a subproperty in `callbacks' property defines
4491 the procedure which computes it. This is major internal cleanup, which
4492 also provides advanced tweakability for power
4493 users. (@ref{Changes},
4494 @ref{Old downloads})
4499 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.4 is out - @emph{October 11, 2005}
4500 This release fixes a few minor problems with the stable
4501 series. (@ref{Changes},
4502 @ref{Old downloads})
4507 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.12 is out - @emph{October 07, 2005}
4508 It features more annotations for the page layout engine and some more
4509 sponsored features. Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams
4510 (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca); new support for figured bass with
4511 support for continuation lines and tuning of figures, brackets, and
4512 alignments (feature sponsored by Trent Johnston); vertical alignments
4513 of staves can now be tuned easily for individual systems (feature
4514 sponsored by Nicolas
4515 Sceaux). (@ref{Changes},
4516 @ref{Old downloads})
4521 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.11 is out - @emph{October 02, 2005}
4522 Vertical spacing for page layout can now be tuned for each system
4523 individually (feature sponsored by Trevor Baca and Nicolas
4524 Sceaux). The slope of a stem-tremolo may be set manually (feature
4525 sponsored by Sven Axelsson). There are a number of cleanups in the
4526 handling and representation of systems, among other features and bug
4527 fixes. (@ref{Changes},
4528 @ref{Old downloads})
4533 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.10 is out - @emph{September 13, 2005}
4534 This version adds proper support for "laissez vibrer ties", just enter
4535 \laissezVibrer after a chord. This feature was sponsored by Henrik
4536 Frisk. It also has a couple of minor
4537 bugfixes. (@ref{Changes},
4538 @ref{Old downloads})
4543 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.9 is out - @emph{September 5, 2005}
4544 This is mainly a bugfix
4545 release. (@ref{Changes},
4546 @ref{Old downloads})
4551 @subheading Traduction française du site - @emph{September 03, 2005}
4552 Grâce à @uref{about/thanks#website,l'équipe des traducteurs},
4553 de nombreuses pages du site sont maintenant disponibles en français,
4554 notamment l'@uref{about/automated-engraving/index.fr.html,essai sur
4555 la gravure musicale}.
4560 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.8 is out - @emph{August 29, 2005}
4561 This release has support for right-to-left text formatting in markup
4562 commands (sponsored by Aaron Mehl). In addition, it fixes a great
4563 number of bugs, among others, support for writing MIDI files. (@ref{Changes},
4564 @ref{Old downloads})
4569 @subheading Article in `De Standaard' - @emph{August 20, 2005}
4570 The Belgian newspaper @emph{De Standaard} investigates what drives
4571 Free Software authors in an article titled @emph{Delen van KENNIS
4572 zonder WINSTBEJAG} (Non-profit sharing of
4573 knowlegde) using LilyPond as an example. This marks
4574 LilyPond's first appearance in mainstream printed press.
4579 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.7 is out - @emph{August 22, 2005}
4580 This release has a rewriting of tie formatting which was sponsored by
4581 Bertalan Fodor, Jay Hamilton, Kieren MacMillan, Steve Doonan, Trevor
4582 Baca, and Vicente Solsona Dellá. (@ref{Changes},
4583 @ref{Old downloads})
4588 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.6 is out - @emph{August 19, 2005}
4589 This release adds support for numbered percent repeats, a feature
4590 sponsored by Yoshinobu Ishizaki. It also has bugfixes for clashes
4591 between slurs and symbols, like fingers dynamic
4592 signs. (@ref{Changes},
4593 @ref{Old downloads})
4598 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.5 is out - @emph{August 16, 2005}
4599 Lily 2.7.5 has a large number of bugfixes, among others, in slur
4600 formatting, spacing, rest collisions and tuplet bracket
4601 formatting. (@ref{Changes},
4602 @ref{Old downloads})
4607 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.4 is out - @emph{August 7, 2005}
4608 LilyPond 2.7.4 has support for proportional notation, where the space
4609 for a note is proportional to the time it
4610 takes. (@ref{Changes},
4611 @ref{Old downloads})
4616 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.3 is out - @emph{August 4, 2005}
4617 This release fixes a memory corruption bug that was triggered by
4618 \override'ing Beam settings. (@ref{Old downloads})
4623 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.2 is out - @emph{August 2, 2005}
4624 This release has a few bugfixes, among them: the autopackage will run
4625 in more platforms, LilyPond will be much quicker for large
4626 lilypond-book documents, and the up and down Fa note heads for shaped
4628 swapped. (@ref{Changes},
4629 @ref{Old downloads})
4634 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.3 is out - @emph{July 25, 2005}
4635 LilyPond 2.7.3 has improvements in performance which should result in
4636 faster operations (15 to 20 percent). It also contains the new
4637 "\displayLilyMusic" function.
4639 @ref{Old downloads})
4644 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.2 is out - @emph{July 21, 2005}
4645 LilyPond 2.7.2 has support for suggested accidentals for musica
4646 ficta notation, easy entry for lyric melismata and improvements for
4647 quicker entry of scores. (@ref{Changes},
4648 @ref{Old downloads})
4653 @subheading LilyPond 2.6 released - @emph{June 27, 2005}
4654 Version 2.6 is the latest stable release of LilyPond.
4656 installs in a snap on Windows, MacOS X, and any version of Linux (x86).
4657 @strong{Get up and running in minutes!} Pango text formatting lets you
4658 print @strong{Unicode } lyrics in your favorite script and font. Create
4659 @strong{SVG} files, and edit them in Inkscape.
4660 (@miscLink{announce-v2.6,Announcement}, @ref{Old downloads}, @ref{Changes})
4665 @subheading LilyPond 2.7.1 is out - @emph{July 20, 2005}
4666 LilyPond 2.7.1 has no user-visible changes. However, due to
4667 restructuring @qq{under the hood}, this version will be 10 to
4668 20 % faster. (@ref{Old downloads})
4673 @subheading LilyPond 2.6.1 is out - @emph{July 11, 2005}
4674 This version fixes a few minor bugs found in
4675 2.6.0, and also works on DOS-based Windows versions. (@ref{Changes},
4676 @ref{Old downloads})
4681 @subheading LilyPond 2.7 is out - @emph{July 9, 2005}
4682 LilyPond 2.7.0 is out. It has support for paragraph text and
4683 pitched trill notation. (@ref{Changes},
4684 @ref{Old downloads})
4689 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 22, 2005}
4690 LilyPond 2.5.32 is now available for download (binaries for Fedora +
4691 MacOS only). It has a few very minor bugfixes, and a rewrite of the
4692 TTF embedding code, which should be a lot more robust now.
4693 (@ref{Old downloads})
4698 @subheading Traduction du site de LilyPond - @emph{15 juin 2005}
4699 @uref{about/thanks#website,L'équipe des traducteurs} vous présente
4700 le site de LilyPond en français. Nous travaillons sur la traduction des
4701 pages encore non traduites. Bon surf !
4706 @subheading 2.5.31 for Windows and MacOS - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4707 2.5.31 is now available for both Windows and MacOS X. The Windows
4708 version should now work with embedding TTF fonts, and the MacOS X has
4709 better help functionality.
4710 (@ref{Old downloads})
4715 @subheading 2.5.31 released - @emph{June 15, 2005}
4716 This release has a few bugfixes. In the MacOS X version, ClickEdit has
4717 been renamed to LilyPond, and you can now upgrade your files and
4718 compile them directly from
4719 LilyPond. (@ref{Old downloads})
4724 @subheading 2.5.30 released - @emph{June 10, 2005}
4725 This is (hopefully) the last Release Candidate before 2.6. Give it a
4726 good shake to find those last bugs! (@ref{Old downloads})
4731 @subheading 2.5.29 released - @emph{June 7, 2005}
4732 In this release the documentation also has pictures. In addition, the
4733 Mac version can also read native mac fonts (.dfonts and fonts in
4734 resource forks). (@ref{Old downloads})
4739 @subheading 2.5.27 released - @emph{May 31, 2005}
4740 It has a big bunch of minor bugfixes. This is another release
4741 candidate for version 2.6, which should be released within the next 2
4742 weeks. Please send a bug report if you find a critical problem with this
4743 release. (@ref{Old downloads})
4748 @subheading Windows and MacOS installers available - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4749 There are now a native, standalone installers for Windows and
4750 MacOS. They also support PDF point & click. (@ref{Old downloads})
4755 @subheading 2.5.26 released - @emph{May 26, 2005}
4756 This release has a couple of small bugfixes.
4761 @subheading 2.5.25 released - @emph{May 20, 2005}
4762 This release has many small bugfixes and updates to the
4763 documentation. (@ref{Old downloads})
4768 @subheading 2.5.24 released - @emph{May 12, 2005}
4769 2.5.24 fixes a bunch of bugs; in particular, chord symbols (such as
4770 slashed o) should now work on all platforms. This release has a new
4771 feature: it is now possible to make staves appear in a different order
4772 from the order that they were defined. (@ref{Old downloads})
4777 @subheading 2.5.23 released - @emph{May 6, 2005}
4778 This release has a couple of small bugfixes, and a new feature. It is
4779 now possible to start and stop the @code{StaffSymbol}, during a piece of
4780 music, by doing @code{\stopStaff \startStaff}. This can be used to
4781 produce Ossia staves. (@ref{Changes},
4782 @ref{Old downloads})
4787 @subheading 2.5.22 released - @emph{May 3, 2005}
4789 release. The most visible improvement is in the PDF : this release
4790 will produce smaller PDF files, with symbols that look better on
4792 (@ref{Old downloads})
4797 @subheading April 25, 2005 - 2.5.21 released!
4798 2.5.21 has more bugfixes. It also has support for "grid
4799 lines", bar like vertical line, which are aligned with the notes. The
4800 auto-beam engraver was rewritten, so it also works with irregular time
4801 signatures like 5/8.
4803 @ref{Old downloads})
4808 @subheading April 18, 2005
4809 LilyPond 2.5.20 has lots of bugfixes, in particular, MIDI files of
4810 multi-movement pieces don't overwrite each other. Version 2.5.20 also
4811 supports putting arrows on lines, such as glissandi.
4812 More details are in the
4814 file, or go straight to @ref{Old downloads}.
4819 @subheading April 15, 2005
4820 LilyPond 2.5.19 was released. The command `\epsfile' allows inclusion
4821 of EPS graphics into markup texts and the music function
4822 `\musicDisplay' will display a music expression as indented
4823 Scheme code. Take a look at
4825 file and @ref{Old downloads}.
4830 @subheading April 6, 2005
4831 2.5.18 is a bugfix release. It has many small cleanups in the
4832 web-based documentation, and many small cleanups all over the
4833 place. @ref{Old downloads}
4838 @subheading March 31, 2005
4839 2.5.17 is out. This release features many small bugfixes. In addition,
4840 it has support for string number notation for guitar. This feature was
4841 sponsored by Gunther Strube. @ref{Old downloads}
4846 @subheading March 20, 2005
4847 LilyPond 2.5.16 is out. This release fixes a few minor but irritating
4848 errors. A Fedora Core 3 binary is also available.
4854 @subheading March 14, 2005
4855 LilyPond 2.5.15 is out. This release has clean ups in the SVG output,
4856 and now uses the LilyPond number font for time signatures. It is
4857 now possible to add text before and after music. This can be used to
4858 add verses after a music. Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4859 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4864 @subheading March 7, 2005
4865 LilyPond 2.5.14 is out. It is now possible (and in fact, encouraged),
4866 to build LilyPond either without the Kpathsea TeX library or with the
4867 Kpathsea dynamically loaded, but only for the -btex backend. This
4868 means that packages do not have to depend on TeX anymore. With this,
4869 the Windows download size will go down significantly. Take a look at
4871 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4876 @subheading March 7, 2005
4877 LilyPond 2.4.5 is out. This release backports the tieWaitForNote
4878 feature and has support for tetex-3.0.
4884 @subheading February 28, 2005
4885 LilyPond 2.5.13 is available for Fedora Core 3. You need to install
4886 Ghostscript 8.15rc3. Unfortunately, this version of Ghostscript
4887 lacks the IJS dynamic library, which means that it will conflict with
4888 the gimp-print package. You may install it with --nodeps. Use at your
4894 @subheading February 28, 2005
4895 LilyPond 2.5.13 is out. This release has Point and click support for
4896 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}.
4897 Take a look at the @ref{Changes}
4898 file and download @ref{Old downloads}!
4903 @subheading February 26, 2005
4904 The @uref{http://lsr.di.unimi.it/,LilyPond Snippet
4905 Repository (LSR)} is a searchable database of LilyPond code
4906 snippets. You can add snippets too, so join the LSR project, and
4907 contribute creative ideas for using LilyPond.
4912 @subheading February 21, 2005
4913 LilyPond 2.5.12 is out. The big news is that this release supports
4914 TrueType fonts. This means that it is now possible to use @strong{all}
4915 fonts available via FontConfig. Also, arpeggios may be written out
4916 using ties and individual objects may have colors! Take a look at
4918 file and @ref{Old downloads}!
4923 @subheading February 4, 2005
4924 LilyPond 2.5.11 is out. In this
4925 release, foreign character sets are now supported in lilypond-book
4926 too, and it is possible to put system separators between systems.
4927 @ref{Old downloads}!
4932 @subheading January 31, 2005
4933 LilyPond 2.5.10 is out. This release
4934 sports as new EPS backend, based on the PS backend. This backend is
4935 used in the new and improved lilypond-book script.
4941 @subheading January 26, 2005
4942 LilyPond 2.5.9 is out. This release fixes a couple of annoying
4943 bugs in the direct PS output for piano braces.
4949 @subheading January 16, 2005
4950 LilyPond 2.5.8 is out. This
4951 release has many internal code cleanups. In addition,
4952 accuracy of error reporting has been improved.
4954 @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,
4956 } and @ref{Old downloads}!
4961 @subheading January 11, 2005
4962 LilyPond 2.5.7 is out. This release has a completely usable
4963 Pango integration for the PS backend. The default font is
4964 Century Schoolbook from the PS font suite. It also has
4965 small updates to the tablature settings by Erlend Aasland,
4966 assorted manual updates by Graham, and an overhaul of the
4967 font code by Werner.
4969 and check out the changes in
4970 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4975 @subheading January 02, 2005
4976 LilyPond 2.5.6 was released. This is a "technology preview"
4977 release, which means that it has all kinds of nifty
4978 features, but is not actually usable for producing nicely
4979 printed scores. For this reason, an RPM of this release was
4980 not produced. The PS backend is now completely switched over
4981 to Pango/FontConfig: for -f ps, LilyPond only accepts UTF8
4982 input, all text fonts are loaded through Pango, the TeX
4983 backend now offloads all metric computations to LaTeX, the
4984 SVG and GNOME backends are broken, most probably.
4987 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
4992 @subheading December 28, 2004
4993 LilyPond 2.5.5 is out. It is the first one to link against
4994 FontConfig and Pango, although it is only available in the "-f
4995 ps" output. The default output format has been changed back TeX
4996 while we stabilize the Pango/FontConfig integration.
4998 and check out the changes in
4999 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5004 @subheading December 20, 2004
5005 LilyPond 2.5.4 is out. This release has some major
5006 brainsurgery in the font handling. As of now, LilyPond loads
5007 the music fonts in OpenType font format using FreeType.
5008 This has made a lot of things simpler, including font
5009 handling for the GNOME backend and SVG backend.
5012 changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5017 @subheading December 3, 2004
5018 LilyPond 2.5.3 was released. A new script, `\espressivo' has
5019 been added, for a combination of crescendo and decrescendo
5020 on a single note. In markups, expressions stacked with
5021 `\column', `\center-align', etc, are not grouped with `< ...
5022 >' anymore, but with `@{ ... @}'. LilyPond will now avoid line
5023 breaks that cause long texts to stick outside of the page
5024 staff. Grace notes following a main note, used to be entered
5025 by letting the grace notes follow a skip in a parallel
5029 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5034 @subheading November 26, 2004
5035 LilyPond 2.5.2 was released. It has several goodies,
5036 including solfa-notation (shaped noteheads), and an easier
5037 mechanism for customizing title, footer and header
5038 layout. Don't forget to rebuild the fonts, as they have been
5039 changed to accomodate the solfa-notation.
5041 and check out the changes in
5042 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5047 @subheading November 20, 2004
5048 LilyPond 2.5.1 is out. This is an experimental release,
5049 containing some proof-of-concept code for our graphical
5050 layout editor. You can add and remove things from the file,
5051 and the tweaks will still work, as long as the tweaked notes
5052 remain in the place (ie. start at the same time-wise and be
5053 part of the same context). Further attractions are: the
5054 gnome backend now also draws beams and slurs, updates to the
5055 SVG backend, support for the lmodern font set for TeX,
5058 and check out the changes in
5059 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5064 @subheading November 12, 2004
5065 The LilyPond development is OPEN once again! The first
5066 release of the 2.5 series has the following new Features:
5067 Positioning of slurs can now be adjusted manually, Grace
5068 notes are correctly quoted and formatted when using cue
5069 notes, Cue notes can now be created with
5072 \cueDuring #VOICE-NAME #DIRECTION { MUSIC }
5075 Stemlets (short stems over beamed rests) have been added.
5076 In addition, Jan hacked together some highly experimental
5077 code where you can use the mouse to drag and drop objects in
5078 the -f gnome backend. These tweaks can be saved and are
5079 applied to the PS and TeX output as well.
5082 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5087 @subheading November 11, 2004
5088 LilyPond 2.4.2 is out. This release fixes a number of security
5089 problems with --safe, and adds a lot of polishing fixes.
5095 @subheading November 4, 2004
5096 LilyPond 2.4.1 is out. This release includes a number of small
5097 fixes that were made to 2.4.0 last week.
5099 and check out the changes in
5100 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5105 @subheading October 31, 2004
5106 LilyPond 2.4.0 was just @miscLink{announce-v2.4,released!}
5107 This new stable version has support for page-layout,
5108 completely rewritten slur formatting and many other
5109 improvements. Read about them in the @ref{Changes}
5116 @subheading October 29, 2004
5117 LilyPond 2.3.26 is out. This is another 2.4 release
5118 candidate. This release fixes a number of minor bugs, and
5119 some problems with the conversion scripts.
5121 and check out the changes in
5122 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5127 @subheading October 29, 2004
5128 2.3.25 is the final release candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5129 Werner has been overhauling the TeX macros and
5130 lilypond-book. In addition, this release contains an
5131 important fix for raggedbottom page-layout.
5133 and check out the changes in
5134 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5139 @subheading October 27, 2004
5140 LilyPond 2.3.24 is a further polished 2.4 release candidate.
5141 This release has more improvements by Werner for the TeX
5142 backend, and a bunch of other small fixes.
5144 and check out the changes in
5145 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5150 @subheading October 24, 2004
5151 LilyPond 2.3.23 has bugfixes in the documentation, lilypond-book and
5152 --preview output. This release can be considered as a release
5153 candidate for LilyPond 2.4.
5155 and check out the changes in
5156 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5161 @subheading October 10, 2004
5162 LilyPond 2.3.22 fixes a bunch more bugs, to make 2.4 a really
5163 stable release. In addition, it renames the \paper@{@} block to
5164 \layout@{@}. The \bookpaper@{@} block is now called
5168 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5173 @subheading October 09, 2004
5174 LilyPond 2.3.21 is out. It is a serious release candidate for
5175 the next stable release LilyPond. This version has a cleanup
5176 and some small formatting improvements of the slur
5180 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5185 @subheading October 02, 2004
5186 LilyPond 2.3.20 was released. It fixes the biggest problems
5187 with encoding and the TeX backend. As a result, latin1
5188 characters (like the german SS) show up correctly in the
5189 output once again. Also it has the usual bugfixes and updates
5190 in the documentation.
5192 and check out the changes in
5193 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5198 @subheading September 29, 2004
5199 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
5200 Software Bazaar} of the NLUUG SANE 2004 conference today. If you
5201 are in the neighborhood, drop by for live contact with the Team or
5202 just a friendly chat. Registration is not required to attend.
5207 @subheading September 26, 2004
5208 LilyPond 2.3.19 is out. It's mainly a bugfix release.
5210 and check out the changes
5211 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5216 @subheading September 20, 2004
5217 LilyPond 2.3.18 was released. It has further improvements in
5218 the slur formatting, and a small syntax change: the mode
5219 changing commands (`\chords', `\lyrics', etc.) have been
5220 renamed to `\chordmode', `\lyricmode', etc. The command
5221 `\chords' is an abbreviation for \new ChordNames \chordmode
5222 ... `\drums', `\lyrics', `\chords', `\figures' function
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 September 11, 2004
5232 LilyPond 2.3.16 was released. It fixes a couple of annoying
5233 bugs, and has an important addition in the slur-formatter. Slurs that
5234 pass note heads much closer than the average distance get an extra
5235 penalty. This fixes a lot of difficult slurring cases. See
5236 input/regression/new-slur for some examples.
5237 Please consider this release as a 3.0 pre-release so try to find as
5238 many bugs as possible. A report including a small .ly example
5239 can be filed at bug-lilypond@@gnu.org
5240 In this case, a bug is defined as something that the current 2.3 does
5241 worse than the latest 2.2 release. We want to be sure that no output
5242 will get uglier by upgrading to 3.0, so that once 3.0 is out, nothing
5243 will hold users back in switching.
5245 and check out the changes in
5246 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5251 @subheading September 10, 2004
5252 LilyPond 2.3.15 was released. It fixes for some gaffes with
5253 the new vertical spacing engine, has lots of documentation
5254 updates, and has support for landscape output in the direct
5255 postscript output. Also, the types of events quoted with
5256 `\quote' can now be tuned with `quotedEventTypes'. By default,
5257 only notes and rests end up in quotes.
5259 and check out the changes in
5260 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5265 @subheading September 6, 2004
5266 LilyPond 2.3.14 was released and has exciting features!
5267 LilyPond will try to keep staves at the same distances across a
5268 page, but it will stretch distances to prevent collisions; key
5269 signature cancellations are now printed before the bar line;
5270 different voices that all use "\quote" can now refer to each
5274 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5279 @subheading August 29, 2004
5280 LilyPond now has a Documentation
5281 Editor, Graham Percival. From now on, he will oversee that
5282 useful information flows from the mailiing list into the
5283 manual. Also, if there are unclear sections in the manual,
5284 let him know via one of the mailing lists.
5285 As a start of his career, he worked to transform the
5286 "Templates" section of the website into a readable and comprehensive
5287 chapter of the user manual.
5288 A lot of cheers for Graham!
5293 @subheading August 29, 2004
5294 LilyPond 2.3.13 was released. The new slur code was
5295 improved, scripts can be made to avoid slurs, by setting
5296 inside-slur to #f. It is no longer necessary to instantiate
5297 "up" and "down" staves separately when using
5298 \autochange. Jurgen Reuter refreshed the logic around
5299 mensural flags, so they are adjusted for staff lines once
5303 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5308 @subheading August 24, 2004
5309 LilyPond 2.2.6 fixes a few minor issues, among others, the
5310 disappearing metronome mark.
5312 and check out the changes in
5313 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5318 @subheading August 23, 2004
5319 LilyPond 2.3.12 is out. This release has a lot of fixes and
5320 a new feature: there is now support for putting two slurs on
5321 chords, both above and below. This is switched on with the
5322 `doubleSlurs' property.
5324 and check out the changes in
5325 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5330 @subheading August 3, 2004
5331 LilyPond 2.3.11 is out. This release basically is 2.3.10 with a few
5332 annoying bugs fixed.
5335 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5340 @subheading August 1, 2004
5341 LilyPond 2.3.10 is out. This release has a major clean-up of the
5342 input/test/ directory. Many examples have been moved to the regression
5343 test or manual, and the superfluous or outdated ones have been
5344 removed. The directory has gone from 146 examples to 72 examples. That
5345 means that we're halfway cleaning it out. Incidentally, the manual
5346 has gone from 200 to 220 pages. New features:
5349 Running trills now have their own spanner and event. They are
5350 started and stopped with \startTrillSpan and \stopTrillSpan
5352 There is a new markup command `\postscript' that takes a string
5353 that is dumped as verbatim PostScript
5358 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5363 @subheading July 30, 2004
5364 LilyPond 2.3.9 is out. The important change is that lilypond
5365 now once-again directly runs the binary. The old wrapper script has
5366 been renamed to lilypond-latex.py, and should only be used for legacy
5367 projects. The recommended route is either using lilypond directly
5368 (with \book, you can have multiple movements within one document), or
5369 to run lilypond-book with a LaTeX wrapper file.
5370 This release also fixes a bunch of small errors. I now consider
5371 LilyPond feature complete for a 3.0 release. Next on the TODO list is
5372 updating the manual, and after that's done we can release 3.0. The
5373 projected date for this to happen is in about a month.
5376 the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5381 @subheading July 23, 2004
5382 LilyPond 2.3.8 fixes a few minor bugs in the new slur code,
5383 and has rewritten support for ledger lines. Now, in tight
5384 situations, ledger lines will be shortened so they stay
5385 separate. This also required a cleanup of the Ambitus
5388 and check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5393 @subheading July 19, 2004
5394 LilyPond 2.3.7 was released and has new exciting features!
5395 The slur formatting has been rewritten. The new slur code
5396 works similar to the Beam formatter: scores are assigned for
5397 all esthetic components of a slur. A large number of
5398 combinations for begin and end points is then tried out.
5399 Slurs will now also take into account collisions with staff
5400 lines, scripts (like staccato and accent) and accidentals. In
5401 the LilyPond emacs mode, the `|' will now display the current
5402 beat within the measure.
5404 and check out the changes in
5405 the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5410 @subheading July 15, 2004
5411 LilyPond 2.2.5 was released. It has a few bug fixes from
5415 out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5420 @subheading July 11, 2004
5421 An introductory article on LilyPond appeared on @uref{http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7657&mode=thread&order=0,Linux
5427 @subheading July 5, 2004
5428 LilyPond 2.3.6 was released. This release has more updates
5429 for the Fret diagram code (thanks, Carl!), fixes a bunch of
5430 bugs, including a serious one that trashed a lot of beam
5431 formatting, and was also present in the 2.2 series.
5433 and check out the changes
5434 in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5439 @subheading July 5, 2004
5440 LilyPond 2.2.4 was released. It is mainly a bug fix
5444 check out the changes in the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}.
5449 @subheading June 25, 2004
5450 LilyPond 2.3.5 has numerous small bugfixes and cleanups, and
5451 features more work in the experimental GNOME output
5452 module. Adventurous hackers can check the instructions at
5453 scm/output-gnome.scm and try to run
5454 buildscripts/guile-gnome.sh to see what the fuss is all about.
5455 Carl Sorensen also provided us with more patches to the
5456 fret-diagram output. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5458 @ref{Old downloads}.
5463 @subheading June 20, 2004
5464 LilyPond 2.2.3 has a turkish translation and fixes a few minor
5465 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
5466 @ref{Old downloads}.
5471 @subheading June 13, 2004
5472 LilyPond 2.3.4 further improves the output backends. As a
5473 result, manual page-breaks, multiple output formats and putting
5474 @code{\score} into markups now works. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5476 @ref{Old downloads}.
5481 @subheading May 31, 2004
5482 LilyPond 2.3.3 has many internal changes relating to the output
5483 backend (PostScript) and page-layout. In addition, it contains a few
5484 bugfixes for recently reported problems. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5486 @ref{Old downloads}.
5491 @subheading May 31, 2004
5492 LilyPond 2.2.2 is out. It has a number of small bugfixes, so upgrade
5493 if any of these errors concern you. Check out the @uref{http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/plain/ChangeLog?id=abfdd3c36946e4c341b0abb0f1c6bbdbc12883c1,ChangeLog}
5494 or head straight to the
5495 @ref{Old downloads}.
5500 @subheading May 26, 2004
5501 LilyPond 2.3.2 is out. This release has a lot of internal
5502 changes relating to page layout, but also sports experimental
5503 fret-diagram code. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5504 @ref{Old downloads}.
5509 @subheading May 9, 2004
5510 LilyPond 2.3.1 is out. This release has many new and cool
5511 features. Check out the @ref{Changes} or head straight to the
5512 @ref{Old downloads}.
5517 @subheading May 4, 2004
5518 Help LilyPond get better, and join in on LilyPond
5520 @uref{devel/participating/call-for-help.html,call for
5521 help} was posted on the mailing list a month ago, and we
5522 are still looking for a Release Meister, Code Janitor,
5523 Newsletter editor and a Writer for implementation
5524 Documentation. Of course, any other help is also welcome!
5529 @subheading May 3, 2004
5530 LilyPond 2.2.1 has been released. It fixes a handful of bugs.
5531 @ref{Old downloads}.
5536 @subheading April 17, 2004
5537 LilyPond 2.2.0 is now available
5538 on Windows, and should find its way to the Cygwin mirrors
5544 @subheading April 12, 2004
5545 LilyPond 2.3.0 is the first release
5546 in the 2.3 cycle. The focus for 2.3 is page layout, so
5547 instrumentalists can force parts to have page breaks at sane turning
5548 points. This release is @emph{experimental}; expect things to break!
5549 More info in the @ref{Changes}.
5550 @ref{Old downloads}.
5555 @subheading April 8, 2004
5556 A French article on the new LilyPond
5557 release appeared on @uref{http://linuxfr.org/2004/04/08/15968.html,linuxfr.org}.
5562 @subheading April 8, 2004
5563 Binaries for LilyPond 2.2.0 are available for
5564 MacOS X, Slackware, Mandrake and Debian Woody.
5570 @subheading April 1, 2004
5571 LilyPond 2.2.0 is out! This new stable version has
5572 completely revamped support for for orchestral score
5573 formatting, cue notes, font size management, lyric formatting,
5574 drum notation/playback and document integration. Read about it in
5575 the @miscLink{announce-v2.2,announcement} or skip to the
5576 @ref{Old downloads}.
5581 @subheading March 31, 2004
5582 LilyPond 2.1.37 has build fixes for Cygwin and SUSE,
5583 bugfixes for part-combining and chord tremolos and even more
5584 documentation polish. This should be the final release
5585 candidate; expect only regression bugs to be fixed before
5587 @ref{Old downloads}.
5592 @subheading March 30, 2004
5593 LilyPond 2.1.36 has many fixes in
5595 @ref{Old downloads}.
5600 @subheading March 28, 2004
5601 LilyPond 2.1..35 fixes a slew of
5602 bugs, and has the @code{raggedlast} option, which causes
5603 paragraph like line breaking for scores. More info in the
5610 @subheading March 22, 2004
5611 LilyPond 2.1.34 fixes minor bugs, and has more rewriting.
5612 @ref{Old downloads}.
5617 @subheading March 21, 2004
5618 LilyPond 2.1.33 fixes a serious bug, and a few other
5625 @subheading March 20, 2004
5626 LilyPond 2.1.32 has more rewriting
5627 in the user manual. There is also an experimental
5628 implementation of optimal page breaking (Postscript backend
5630 @ref{Old downloads}.
5635 @subheading March 15, 2004
5636 LilyPond 2.1.31 is out. It has fixes the alignment of bass
5637 figures and spurious dynamic warnings in MIDI. New
5638 attractions include rewritten font-selection routines. See
5641 @ref{Old downloads}.
5646 @subheading March 14, 2004
5648 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,linuxmusician.com interview} made the
5649 @uref{http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/13/2054227&mode=thread&tid=141&tid=188,slashdot
5655 @subheading March 11, 2004
5656 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com,linuxmusician.com} is
5658 @uref{http://linuxmusician.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=10,interview}
5659 with Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, the main
5660 authors of LilyPond.
5665 @subheading March 11, 2004
5666 LilyPond 2.1.30 has editorial fixes for the manual, and
5667 experimental support for page layout in the PostScript
5670 @ref{Old downloads}.
5675 @subheading March 9, 2004
5676 LilyPond 2.1.29 fixes a couple of MIDI bugs, and has
5677 experimental support for producing titles with
5683 @subheading February 29, 2004
5684 In LilyPond 2.1.28 Scheme property functions may be used
5685 argument to @code{set!}. In addition, parts of the manual
5686 have been proofread and corrected in this release. See the
5688 @ref{Old downloads}.
5693 @subheading February 24, 2004
5694 LilyPond 2.1.27 takes into account instrument transpositions
5695 when quoting other voices. This release also fixes a number
5696 of lyrics related bugs. See the
5698 @ref{Old downloads}.
5703 @subheading February 23, 2004
5704 LilyPond 2.1.26 has a new, experimental feature for quoting
5705 other voices in instrumental parts. This can be used to
5706 produce cue notes. More information in the
5713 @subheading February 18, 2004
5714 LilyPond 2.1.25 fixes many bugs, and changes the conventions
5715 for altering accidental rules.
5721 @subheading February 16, 2004
5722 LilyPond 2.1.24 has a big
5723 internal rewrite. One of its practical consequences is that
5724 @code{\with} now also works with @code{Score}
5725 contexts. Further 2.1.23, which was not announced here,
5726 fixes a few bugs caused by the change of @code{\property}
5727 syntax and has updates in the Program Reference document.
5728 More information in the
5735 @subheading February 13, 2004
5736 LilyPond 2.1.22 has a
5737 simplification of the @code{\property} syntax: it is
5738 shorter and more consistent now. More information in the
5745 @subheading February 12, 2004
5746 In LilyPond 2.1.21, output
5747 tweaks can be done at multiple levels of the context
5748 hierarchy. In addition, it has a bunch of bugfixes,
5749 improvements in the documentation. More information in the
5756 @subheading February 9, 2004
5757 LilyPond 2.1.20 has MIDI
5758 output for drums. It also sports a completely rewritten
5759 lilypond-book script, which is cleaner, shorter, and faster.
5760 It also has a large number of bugfixes.
5761 More information in the
5768 @subheading February 5, 2004
5769 LilyPond 2.1.19 has rewritten
5770 support for drum notation. This release also makes some
5771 long-standing cleanups: the removal of @code{Thread} (all
5772 functionality is now moved into @code{Voice}) and Lyrics
5773 (functionality moved to @code{LyricsVoice}) context.
5774 More information in the
5781 @subheading February 4, 2004
5782 LilyPond 2.1.18 is out. This
5783 release has the new part-combiner installed by default, and a
5784 similar implementation of @code{autochange}. More information
5792 @subheading February 2, 2004
5793 LilyPond 2.1.17 is out. It adds texts
5794 (solo, a due) for the part combiner. It also reinstates the
5795 @option{--safe} option which prevents havoc by Scheme exploits. More
5802 @subheading January 28, 2004
5803 LilyPond 2.1.16 is out; its main feature
5804 is that it fixes the autobeams gaffe of 2.1.15. The part-combiner
5805 has been tested successfully on larger pieces. In the near future,
5806 expect more part-combining eye-candy.
5815 @subheading January 26, 2004
5816 LilyPond 2.1.15 further improves the part-combiner, and fixes many
5817 bugs, among others in pedal brackets and finger positioning.
5820 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5825 @subheading January 21, 2004
5827 has the first release of the new part combiner. If you have scores that
5828 use part-combining, please consider giving it a test-run. In addition
5829 many bugs relating to mixed staff sizes have been fixed.
5832 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5837 @subheading January 20, 2004
5838 The lilypond.org domain has been moved to a new server. This
5839 will result in better connectivity and more bandwidth. Due
5840 to security concerns, the new server does not offer FTP
5841 access, but only HTTP downloads.
5846 @subheading January 20, 2004
5847 LilyPond 2.1.13 fixes a small but
5848 nasty bug in side-positioning placement, and some bugs in
5849 tuplet, tie and accidental formatting. This release contains
5850 rudimentary work on a new part-combiner.
5856 @subheading January 19, 2004
5857 LilyPond 2.1.12 fixes many bugs
5858 and improves formatting of ottava brackets. More information in
5860 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5865 @subheading January 18, 2004
5866 LilyPond 2.1.11 is now also
5867 available for Windows! For downloading, go
5868 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20040204191423/http://www.inf.bme.hu/~berti/lilypond/,here}.
5873 @subheading January 17, 2004
5874 In 2.1.11, the mechanism for
5875 setting staff size and page is much simplified. In addition
5876 there are improvements in the notehead shape, and there is
5878 More information in the
5879 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5884 @subheading January 16, 2004
5885 LilyPond 2.1.10 has a load of
5886 bugfixes and a shorter syntax for octave checks. More
5888 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5893 @subheading January 13, 2004
5894 LilyPond 2.1.9 has a new mechanism
5895 for adding lyrics to melodies. It is now possible to have
5896 different melismatic variations for each stanza. More
5898 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5903 @subheading January 9, 2004
5904 LilyPond 2.1.8 has an important new
5905 feature: it is now possible to use @code{\property} to tune
5906 the appearance of spanning objects like @code{StaffSymbol} and
5907 @code{SystemStartBrace}. In addition, contexts may be
5908 modified with @code{\remove} and @code{\consists} for
5909 individual music expressions.
5910 More information in the
5911 @ref{Changes}. @ref{Old downloads}
5916 @subheading January 7, 2004
5917 An update to the stable branch,
5918 version 2.0.2, was released today. It contains a couple of
5919 minor bugfixes. @ref{Old downloads}
5924 @subheading January 6, 2004
5925 LilyPond 2.1.7 continues to
5926 improve the layout of the Schubert test piece; this release
5927 focuses on dot placement and multi measure rests centering.
5928 More information in the
5929 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5934 @subheading January 4, 2004
5935 LilyPond 2.1.6 continues to improve the layout of lyrics. More
5937 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.1/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html,release
5938 notes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5943 @subheading January 2, 2004
5944 In LilyPond 2.1.5, the lyric alignment is completely revamped,
5945 and now matches my Edition Peters version of the Schubert song
5946 Sängers Morgen. More information in the @ref{Changes} and
5947 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5952 @subheading December 30, 2003
5953 LilyPond 2.1.4 is released. Font shapes and line thickness
5954 are now truly different for different staff sizes, thus lending
5955 an engraved look to scores printed in smaller type too. See the
5956 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5961 @subheading December 23, 2003
5962 LilyPond 2.1.3 released.
5963 Interpreting and formatting is now done while parsing the
5964 file. This allows for Scheme manipulation of music, and could
5965 be used to implement experimental MusicXML output (volunteers
5966 to implement this are welcome!) See the
5967 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5972 @subheading December 17, 2003
5973 LilyPond 2.1.2 released. This
5974 release has a new mechanism for setting font sizes, which
5975 combines different font design sizes and continuous font
5977 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5982 @subheading December 16, 2003
5983 LilyPond 2.1.1 released. This
5984 release wraps together all the small fixes made during
5985 Han-Wen's absence. See the
5986 @ref{Changes} and download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5991 @subheading October 11, 2003
5992 LilyPond 2.1.0 released. See the
5994 download @uref{install/#2.1,here}.
5999 @subheading October 11, 2003
6000 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Mandrake 9.1
6002 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}
6003 thanks to Heikki Junes.
6008 @subheading October 9, 2003
6009 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries for Slackware 9
6010 available from @uref{install/#2.0,here},
6011 thanks to Ricardo Hoffman.
6016 @subheading October 5, 2003
6017 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Macos X, many thanks to
6024 @subheading October 4, 2003
6025 LilyPond 2.0.1 binaries are available for Windows (Cygwin
6027 @ref{Old downloads}. Thanks to Bertalan
6028 Fodor, our new Cygwin maintainer!
6033 @subheading September 29, 2003
6034 LilyPond 2.0.1 is released. It
6035 contains minor bugfixes.
6036 See the @ref{Changes}
6037 or download @uref{install/#2.0,here} directly.
6042 @subheading September 27, 2003
6043 PlanetCCRMA has been updated to include LilyPond 2.0. Go
6044 @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,
6045 here} to download. Thanks to Fernando Pablo
6051 @subheading September 24, 2003
6052 LilyPond 2.0.0 is released. The
6053 focus of this release is cleanups of the syntax: entering music is
6054 now much easier and more efficient. Read the announcement
6055 @miscLink{announce-v2.0,here}, or go to the
6056 @uref{install/#2.0,download page} directly.
6061 @subheading September 24, 2003
6062 LilyPond 1.9.10 is released. This is
6063 the final LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Check
6064 the @ref{Changes} and
6065 download @uref{install/,here}.
6070 @subheading September 23, 2003
6071 LilyPond 1.9.9 is released. This is
6072 the second LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6073 the @ref{Changes} and
6074 download @uref{install/,here}.
6079 @subheading September 19, 2003
6080 LilyPond 1.9.8 is released. This is
6081 the first LilyPond 2.0 prerelease. Check
6082 the @ref{Changes} and
6083 download @uref{install/,here}.
6088 @subheading September 17, 2003
6089 LilyPond 1.9.7 is released. LilyPond
6090 now has support for quarter tone accidentals!
6096 @subheading September 16, 2003
6097 LilyPond 1.9.6 is released.
6098 It has a lot of minor fixes and updates.
6104 @subheading September 10, 2003
6105 LilyPond 1.9.5 is released.
6106 With this release, the 1.9 branch is feature
6107 complete. After some stabilization and documentation work, 2.0
6108 will be available in a few weeks.
6114 @subheading September 9, 2003
6115 LilyPond 1.8.2 is released. This
6116 release fixes a couple of minor bugs.
6122 @subheading September 7, 2003
6123 LilyPond 1.8 binaries are available
6124 for Windows (Cygwin version 1.5).
6130 @subheading August 31, 2003
6131 LilyPond 1.9.4 is released.
6132 @emph{This is an experimental release}: read the
6133 @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2003-08/msg00133.html,announcement}
6139 @subheading August 31, 2003
6140 LilyPond 1.8 binaries for slackware
6141 available. Get them @uref{install/,here}.
6146 @subheading August 31, 2003
6147 LilyPond 1.9.3 is released. This
6148 release supports tagging for music version control, and has better
6149 fingering placement flexibility. Read the
6150 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6155 @subheading August 28, 2003
6156 LilyPond 1.9.2 is released. Read the
6157 @ref{Changes} and get it
6158 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6163 @subheading August 26, 2003
6164 LilyPond 1.9.1 is released. Read the
6165 @ref{Changes} and get it
6166 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6171 @subheading August 25, 2003
6172 The LilyPond 1.9 development release is available. Read the
6173 @ref{Changes} and get it
6174 @uref{download#1.9,here}.
6179 @subheading August 25, 2003
6180 Mandrake 9.1 RPMS available, get them
6181 @uref{https://web.archive.org/web/20031006165051/http://rpm.nyvalls.se/sound9.1.html,here}.
6186 @subheading August 21, 2003
6187 LilyPond 1.8.1 was released. Get it @uref{install/,here}, or
6188 read the @ref{Changes}.
6193 @subheading August 18, 2003
6194 PlanetCCRMA (eg. RedHat 8 and 9)
6195 has been updated to 1.8.
6196 Download @uref{http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html#SECTION000621700000000000000,here.}
6201 @subheading August 7, 2003
6202 LilyPond 1.8 is released. Read
6203 @ref{Changes} and get it @uref{install/,here}.
6208 @subheading August 7, 2003
6209 New website went live!
6214 @subheading August 6, 2003
6215 Announced new website.
6220 @subheading August 1, 2003
6221 LilyPond 1.7.30 released.
6226 @subheading July 30, 2003
6227 Website: present @uref{about/automated-engraving/index.html,treatise}
6228 about music engraving, music printing software, and LilyPond's
6234 @subheading July 29, 2003
6235 1.7.29 - release candidate 4 has been released. Packages for
6236 Red Hat, Debian, Cygwin are @uref{install/,available}.