The most important developments in 2.4 are related. In LilyPond 2.4 TeX is no longer strictly necessary to engrave music. This is because LilyPond can now also layout pages and determine page breaks. Another notable feature is the syntax, which has been simplified even further compared to previous versions.
Special thanks for go to Lisa Opus Goldstein, who gave us many valuable suggestions for improving the manual.
Han-Wen and Jan
Utrecht/Eindhoven, The Netherlands, September 2004.
This page is for LilyPond-2.4.5 (stable-branch).