Editing LilyPond (section)

==History==
The LilyPond project was started in 1996 by Han-Wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen, after they decided to abandon work on MPP ([[MusiXTeX]] PreProcessor), a project they began collaborating on in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Preface |title=GNU LilyPond Learning Manual: Preface |access-date=December 23, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/janneke/mpp |title=MusiXTeX PreProcessor README |website=[[GitHub]] |access-date=March 31, 2010 }}</ref> Its name was inspired both by the [[Rosegarden]] project and an acquaintance of Nienhuys and Nieuwenhuizen named Suzanne, a name that means lily in Hebrew ({{lang|he|[[wikt:שושנה|שׁוֹשַׁנָּה]]}}).<ref>{{cite web|last=Kroger|first=Pedro|title=Re: The origin of the name lilypond|url=http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2004-09/msg00095.html|work=lilypond-user mailing list|publisher=lists.gnu.org|access-date=March 19, 2014|year=2004}}</ref>

=== Version 1.0 ===
LilyPond 1.0 was released on July 31, 1998, highlighting the development of a custom music font, Feta, and the complete separation of LilyPond from MusiXTeX.<ref>{{cite mailing list |url=http://www.mail-archive.com/gnu-music-discuss@gnu.org/msg00313.html |title=GNU LilyPond 1.0 released |date=July 31, 1998 |access-date=February 16, 2010 |mailing-list=gnu-music-discuss |last=Nienhuys |first=Han-Wen }}</ref>

=== Version 2.0 ===
LilyPond 2.0 was released on September 24, 2003, announcing a simplified syntax model and a much more complete set of facilities for notating various styles of music.<ref>{{cite mailing list |url=http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-lilypond/2003-09/msg00008.html |title=LilyPond 2.0 – make beautiful music prints |date=September 24, 2003 |access-date=February 16, 2010 |mailing-list=info-lilypond |last=Nienhuys |first=Han-Wen }}</ref>