Merge branch 'master' into lilypond/translation

[lilypond.git] / Documentation / changes.tely

diff --git a/Documentation/changes.tely b/Documentation/changes.tely
index 1e1e6d413f997bd2e21680c574c2dba802728a99..d680057e50ec7ca44700492f9daff1813acb7b51 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/changes.tely
+++ b/Documentation/changes.tely
@@ -38,11 +38,10 @@ See user manual, \NAME\
 
 @ifhtml
 This document is also available in @uref{changes.pdf,PDF}. It is part of
-the @uref{lilypond/Manuals.html,LilyPond Documentation}.
+the @uref{lilypond/manuals.html,LilyPond Documentation}.
 @end ifhtml
 
-
-
+@allowcodebreaks false
 
 @itemize @bullet
 
@@ -63,6 +62,76 @@ which scares away people.
 
 @end ignore
 
+@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.
+
+@item
+LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3+.
+
+@item
+In tablature, frets can be indicated with labels other than numbers:
+
+@lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=1]
+\new TabStaff
+\with {
+  stringTunings = #'(17 14 9 5 2 -3)
+  tablatureFormat = #fret-letter-tablature-format
+}
+\new TabVoice {
+  \set fretLabels = #`(,(markup #:with-color red "a")
+                       "b"
+                       ,(markup #:italic #:smaller "c"))
+  <f d>4. <bes>8 <g e>4
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+@item
+Layout objects can be printed over a white background, which whites-out objects
+in lower layers which lie beneath:
+
+@lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=1]
+\time 3/4
+\override Staff.StaffSymbol #'layer = #4
+\once \override Tie #'layer = #2
+b'2.~
+\once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'whiteout = ##t
+\once \override Staff.TimeSignature #'layer = #3
+\time 5/4
+b4
+@end lilypond
+
+@item
+Chords can be repeated using the @code{q} shortcut:
+
+@lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=2]
+<c e g>8.-^ q16 q4-^
+@end lilypond
 
 @item
 Paper margin defaults, as specified in @file{ly/@/paper@/-defaults@/-init@/.ly}, apply
@@ -81,8 +150,7 @@ added.
 @item
 In addition to the existing @code{\hspace} markup command,
 a new @code{\vspace} command has been added to provide an easy
-and flexible way to add vertical space in markups.  This feature
-is based on Nicolas Sceaux's work.
+and flexible way to add vertical space in markups.
 
 @item
 The direction of manual beams can be set with @code{^[} and @code{_[}.
@@ -213,6 +281,13 @@ and to add notes to the number or fraction:
 FretBoards now have a chordChanges property to keep repeated FretBoard objects
 from being typeset.
 
+@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
+
 @end itemize