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LilyPond 2.12.3 released! - December 20, 2009

We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.12.3. This version contains the long-awaited fix for our GUI on MacOS X 10.5 and 10.6. In addition to the GUI fixes, this version contains dozens of bugfixes backported from the unstable development version.
We recommend that all users upgrade to this version. This is the last planned release in the 2.12 stable series; development now shifts towards the upcoming 2.14 series.
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LilyPond 2.13.9 released! - December 12, 2009

LilyPond 2.13.9 is now out. From 2.13.9 onwards, LilyPond is licensed under the GNU GPL v3+ for code, and the GNU FDL 1.3+ for documentation. In addition to the usual round of bugfixes, this release adds a shortcut for repeated chords.
Please note that 2.13 is an unstable development branch; normal users should continue to use 2.12.
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The LilyPond Report #16 - September 6, 2009

The LilyPond Report is back! This short, informal opinion column is about the LilyPond project: its team, its world, its community. Follow this link to read the full issue...

New LilyPondTool release - July 28, 2009

The latest version of LilyPondTool, developed by Bertalan Fodor, has been released to the jEdit plugin repository. Now it supports Virtual Piano and MIDI input, and a dockable PDF viewer with advanced point-and-click support. To get it, in JEdit 4.3pre16 or later (development version), go to Plugins > Plugin Manager and choose LilyPondTool from the Install tab. For more information check http://lilypondtool.organum.hu.

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