*LilyPond version 2.12 available -- 12 year anniversary release*
http://lilypond.org

We are proud to announce the release of GNU/LilyPond 2.12 "Rune".

Our joy is tinged with sadness, as long-time LilyPond contributor
and friend Rune Zedeler passed away on the 2nd of July, 2008. This
release is dedicated to him.

Rune was a computer programmer, a musician and a valued contributor
to LilyPond.  He had been enthusiastically involved in the project
for the past six years, and he will be sorely missed in our community.

*Major updates*

- Collision detection has been vastly improved.  Outside-staff objects
 now avoid each other automatically, so far fewer manual tweaks are
 required to correct layout problems.

- Page-breaking has been improved with a new function designed to help
 with the production of books with many pages or lots of text, and the
 manual control of page breaks is now possible at the top level.

- The documentation itself has been almost entirely rewritten in a
 year-long "Grand Documentation Project", and the online documentation
 is both much better-looking and far easier to browse.  Translation
 teams have also been working hard everywhere in the world: the program
 is now available in 15 languages, and the documentation is partially
 available in French, Spanish and German.  It has never been easier to
 get started with 'Pond!

- There is more: a huge number of bugs have been fixed, and countless
 exciting new features have been implemented.  Since we can't decide
 which ones you'll enjoy the most, have a look at the full list at
 http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.html and
 let us know!

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