Re: LilyPond 2.18.0 released

[Richard Shann]

... and to prove that 2.18 has arrived, here is perhaps the first
published score typeset with it:

http://imslp.org/wiki/8_Solos,_Op.1_%28Stanley,_John%29#IMSLP309222

I have had to update Denemo to use the new \bar syntax, but otherwise
everything went smoothly.
Congratulations on the new release.

Richard


On Mon, 2013-12-30 at 17:50 +0100, David Kastrup wrote:
> Some of you might have seen this on the lilypond-announce list, but I
> repeat it here since not everybody may read the announce list.  The big
> announcement to all the non-LilyPond lists will happen in a few days if
> we don't get major complaints.
> 
> Here it goes:
> 
> We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.18.0 - the new
> stable 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, Frédéric Bron, Torsten Hämmerle, Marc Hohl, James
> Lowe, Andrew Main, Thomas Morley, David Nalesnik, Keith OHara, Benko
> Pál, Anders Pilegaard, Julien Rioux, Johannes Rohrer, Adam Spiers,
> Heikki Tauriainen
> 
> Documentation Writers:
> Frédéric Bron, Federico Bruni, Colin Campbell, Urs Liska, James Lowe,
> Thomas 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-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
> and numerous other contributors.
>