* Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely (Top): document new feature.

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

diff --git a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
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--- a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
+++ b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
@@ -34,7 +34,25 @@ See user manual, \NAME\
 @itemize @bullet
 
 @item
-Lines, such glissandi or Text-spanner lines can have arrows at the end,
+Staves may be stopped and started halfway a line, e.g.
+
+@lilypond[relative=2,fragment,verbatim]
+b4 b \stopStaff b \startStaff b
+@end lilypond
+
+@noindent
+This feature has been sponsored by Hans Forbrich.
+
+@item
+Grid lines, vertical lines synchronized with notes, can be drawn across
+staves, by adding suitable engravers.
+An example is in @inputfileref{input/regression,grid-lines.ly},
+
+@lilypondfile[]{grid-lines.ly}
+
+@item
+Lines, such as glissandi or Text-spanner lines, can have arrows at the
+end, e.g.
 
 @lilypond[verbatim,fragment]
 \override Glissando #'arrow = ##t
@@ -44,6 +62,7 @@ b''2 \glissando b'
 @item
 Chord names may now be rendered in Italian and French.
 
+@item
 @file{lilypond-book} now makes @file{lilypond} print line numbers
 relative to the input file for every error message.
 
@@ -56,24 +75,21 @@ There is a music function @code{\musicDisplay}, which will display a
 music expression as indented Scheme code.
 
 @item
-A plus sign was added to the number font.
-  
+Automatic beaming is now specified explicitly for each moment
+throughout a measure, which enables automatic beaming in compound
+measures, as demonstrated in the following item.
+
+@item
+A plus sign was added to the number font.  This enables printing of
+compound time signatures
+
+@lilypondfile[]{compound-time.ly}
+
 @item
 A new @code{\circle} markup command allows for all kinds of circled
 texts
 
-@lilypond[relative,relative=2,raggedright,fragment]
-c1            
-\set Score.markFormatter
-  = #(lambda (mark context)
-             (make-circle-markup (format-mark-numbers mark context)))
-\mark \default
-c2 d^\markup{\circle \finger "2"}
-\override Score.BarNumber #'break-visibility = #all-visible
-\override Score.BarNumber #'print-function
-  = #(make-stencil-circler 0.1 0.25 Text_interface::print)
-@end lilypond
-
+@lilypondfile[]{circle.ly}
 
 @item
 String numbers are now printed on chords as well
@@ -137,7 +153,7 @@ Point and click editing is now supported in the PS/PDF backend as
 well.
 See
 @ifhtml
-@uref{../../user/out-www/lilypond/Point-and-click.html,Point and click}
+@uref{../../user/out-www/lilypond/Point-and-click.html,Point and click}.
 @end ifhtml
 @ifnothtml
 the section Point and click in he user manual. 
@@ -209,11 +225,12 @@ using the @code{-f texstr} output backend. This provides exact metrics
 for texts, including kerning and accents.
 
 @item
-LilyPond now uses FreeType read the Feta font as an OpenType
-font. This is cleaner design and more robust.  A recent version of
-FontForge (11122004 or newer) and Freetype is required.
+LilyPond now uses FreeType read the Feta font as an OpenType font. This
+is a cleaner design and more robust.  Recent versions of FontForge (2004
+1211 or newer) and Freetype are required.  As a result,
 
-As a result, the SVG backend is now a fully functional backend.
+@item
+the SVG backend is now a fully functional backend.
 
 @item
 A new script, @code{\espressivo} has been added, for a combination of
@@ -280,8 +297,7 @@ Layout for titles, page header and footer can now be entered as
 
 @noindent
 This will set stem directions and put the cue notes in the @code{cue}
-@code{Voice}
-
+@code{Voice}.
 
 @item Stemlets, short stems over beamed rests, have been added.