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@setfilename NEWS.info
@settitle NEWS

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@documentencoding utf-8
@documentlanguage en

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@node Top
@top
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@unnumbered New features in 2.7 since 2.6


@itemize @bullet
@item
Melismata can be specified simply in the lyrics now, eg.

@lilypond[relative=1,verbatim,fragment]
\relative {
  c d( e) f e
\addlyrics
 { Ky -- _ _ ri e }
@end lilypond 

This feature was sponsored by Nancho Alvarez 

@item
Suggested accidentals (for notating musica ficta) may be switched on
with @code{suggestAccidentals}

@lilypond[verbatim,fragment,relative=2]
\set suggestAccidentals = ##t
ais bis
@end lilypond 

This feature was sponsored by Nancho Alvarez.

@item
The setting @code{whichBar} and time-bookkeeping is now split into a
@code{Default_bar_line_engraver} and @code{Timing_translator}
respectively.

@item
Explicit pitches may be added to trills,

@lilypond[relative,verbatim,fragment]
  \pitchedTrill c4\startTrillSpan fis f\stopTrillSpan
@end lilypond 

This feature was sponsored by D. Josiah Boothby and Jamie Bullock

@item
Markup now supports formatting of text paragraphs, using
@code{\wordwrap} and @code{\justify}.

This feature was sponsored by Sven Axelsson.
@end itemize

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For older news, go to
@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.6/Documentation/topdocs/out-www/NEWS.html}.
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