Doc-de: update macros.itely and nitpicks

[lilypond.git] / Documentation / topdocs / NEWS.tely

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--- a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
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@@ -62,11 +62,68 @@ which scares away people.
 
 @end ignore
 
+@item Dashed and dotted slurs, phrasing slurs, and ties
+have been made variable thickness, and
+partially dashed slurs are now available:
+@lilypond[quote]
+\relative c'' {
+  \slurDashed
+    c4( d e f) |
+  \slurDotted
+    g4( f e d) |
+  \slurHalfDashed
+    c4( d e f)
+}
+@end lilypond
+   
+
+@item An eyeglasses markup was added, incidating strongly to look at the 
+conductor for instructions:
+@lilypond[quote]
+\relative c'' {
+  \mark \markup {\eyeglasses}
+  c4_\markup{\eyeglasses}
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+@item
+A snap-pizzicato (also known as Bartok-pizzicato) articulation was added:
+@lilypond[quote]
+\relative c'' {
+  c\snappizzicato
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+@item
+Tuplet number formatting functions are now available to print other fractions and to add notes to the number or fraction:
+@lilypond[quote]
+\relative c'' {
+  \once \override TupletNumber #'text = #(tuplet-number::non-default-tuplet-denominator-text 7)
+  \times 2/3  { c4. c4. c4. c4. } % begin verbatim
+
+  \once \override TupletNumber #'text = #(tuplet-number::non-default-tuplet-fraction-text 12 7)
+  \times 2/3  { c4. c4. c4. c4. }
+  \once \override TupletNumber #'text = #(tuplet-number::append-note-wrapper (tuplet-number::non-default-tuplet-fraction-text 12 7) "8")
+  \times 2/3  { c4. c4. c4. c4. }
+
+  \once \override TupletNumber #'text = #(tuplet-number::append-note-wrapper tuplet-number::calc-denominator-text "4")
+  \times 2/3  { c8 c8 c8 c8 c8 c8 }
+  \once \override TupletNumber #'text = #(tuplet-number::append-note-wrapper tuplet-number::calc-fraction-text "4")
+  \times 2/3  { c8 c8 c8 c8 c8 c8 }
+
+  \once \override TupletNumber #'text = #(tuplet-number::fraction-with-notes "4." "8")
+  \times 2/3  { c4. c4. c4. c4. }
+  \once \override TupletNumber #'text = #(tuplet-number::non-default-fraction-with-notes 12 "8" 4 "4")
+  \times 2/3  { c4. c4. c4. c4. }
+}
+@end lilypond
+
 @item
 FretBoards now have a chordChanges property to keep repeated FretBoard objects
 from being typeset.
 
 
+
 @end itemize