Re: Hacklily (online LilyPond editor) updated with LilyPond 2.26.0 and 2.27.1

Lukas-Fabian Moser <[email protected]> Tue, 7 Jul 2026 17:51:29 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Jocelyn,

> The unstable versions have occasionally been heavily used, but I'm not 
> convinced Hacklily is the right tool for using unstable Lilypond 
> versions. If anyone has appreciated Hacklily with unstable versions, 
> I'd love to understand why.

I think there are multiple reasons:

a) "Unstable" versions are, in fact, very stable in LilyPond - they 
don't usually crash more often than a 'stable' version. The instability 
only means that new features are not guaranteed to remain unchanged.

b) "Unstable" versions are released quite frequently and sometimes 
contain all sorts of cool new features. For instance, in 
https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.27/Documentation/changes/rhythm-improvements 
I find \beamBreak, a personal favourite of mine that I couldn't get 
finished in time for the 2.26 cycle. For some music, I wouldn't want to 
miss it today.

c) "Stable" versions are released quite infrequently, and thus, users 
who only use stable versions sometimes have to wait very long until they 
can use all those great new features mentioned in b).

So: If it's possible for you to support using unstable versions in 
Hacklily, that would be terrific. It's a great project, many thanks for 
that!

Lukas