LilyPond 2.18.0 released!

We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.18.0 - the new stabl=
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release. LilyPond is a music engraving program devoted to producing the =

highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of =

traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.

Among the numerous improvements and changes, the following might be most =

visible:

* Many items are now positioned using their actual outline rather than a =

rectangular bounding box. This greatly reduces the occurrence of unsightly =

large gaps.
* Sets and overrides can now use a simpler syntax
* Triplets with a given group length can now be written using a more =

user-friendly syntax

A full list of noteworthy new features is given in: =

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/changes/index.html

Great thanks go to the large number of LilyPond enthusiasts whose financial =

backing enabled one core developer, David Kastrup, to focus exclusively on =

LilyPond during the entire development cycle.

LilyPond 2.18 has been brought to you by

Main Developers:
Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin, =

Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg, John =

Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen=
, =

Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock, Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, =

Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave, Janek Warchol

Core Contributors:
Aleksandr Andreev, Fr=E9d=E9ric Bron, Torsten H=E4mmerle, Marc Hohl, James =
Lowe, =

Andrew Main, Thomas Morley, David Nalesnik, Keith OHara, Benko P=E1l, Ander=
s =

Pilegaard, Julien Rioux, Johannes Rohrer, Adam Spiers, Heikki Tauriainen

Documentation Writers:
Fr=E9d=E9ric Bron, Federico Bruni, Colin Campbell, Urs Liska, James Lowe, T=
homas =

Morley, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Guy Stalnaker, Martin Tarenskeen, Arnold =

Theresius, Rodolfo Zitellini

Bug Squad:
Colin Campbell, Eluze, Marc Hohl, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer

Support Team:
Colin Campbell, Eluze, Marc Hohl, Marek Klein, Kieren MacMillan, Urs Liska, =

Ralph Palmer

Translators:
Federico Bruni, Luca Rossetto Casel, Felipe Castro, Pavel Fric, Jean-Charle=
s =

Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
and numerous other contributors.

--
Phil Holmes =