+@item
+Text crescendo spanners can now be added directly using @code{\cresc},
+@code{\dim} and @code{\decresc}.
+@lilypond[quote,relative=2]
+c4\cresc c c c\f |
+c4\dim c c c\!
+@end lilypond
+
+
+@item
+The documented syntax of @samp{lilypond} environments in the @LaTeX{}
+mode of @command{lilypond-book} has been changed to conform with
+standard @LaTeX{} syntax: options now come after the environment name:
+@example
+\begin@{lilypond@}[@var{options}] @dots{}
+@end example
+
+The previous syntax with options after @samp{\begin} is still accepted
+by @command{lilypond-book} but deprecated. Something like
+@example
+sed -i '/begin\[/s/begin\(\[[^]]*]\)\(@{lilypond@}\)/begin\2\1/'
+@end example
+
+might do the trick for conversion.
+
+@item
+Aesthetics of shape note heads have been enhanced. Variable line thicknesses
+have been implemented. All note widths have been made consistent.
+Minor shape note commands that use the relative major key for scale steps
+have been added.
+
+@item
+A variant of the segno sign is provided:
+@lilypond[quote,relative=2]
+c4 d e f \bar "S"
+g4 f e d
+@end lilypond
+
+@item
+Context modifications (@code{\with} blocks) can be stored in variables and
+inserted into contexts or other @code{\with} blocks:
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
+coloredheads = \with { \override NoteHead #'color = #red }
+noclef = \with { \remove "Clef_engraver" }
+\score {
+ \new Staff {
+ \new Voice \with { \coloredheads } \relative c' { c4 e g c }
+ }
+ \layout {
+ \context {
+ \Staff
+ \noclef
+ }
+ }
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+@item
+A half-open articulation was added:
+@lilypond[quote,relative=2]
+c4\halfopen
+@end lilypond
+This is sometimes used to indicate half-open hi-hats.
+
+@item
+The Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm is now fully supported for
+single-line markup due to enhanced integration with Pango.
+