Merge branch 'master' of ssh+git://hanwen@git.sv.gnu.org/srv/git/lilypond

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

diff --git a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
index b79a19a998ec3b8510a38836f82499974d6c5db7..46a24d2db5688012fa13d745768c01746fa2b63c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
+++ b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
@@ -65,17 +65,39 @@ which scares away people.
 
 @end ignore
 
+@item
+The following options are now changed as a @code{-d} sub-option:
+@code{--backend}, @code{--safe}, @code{--preview} and
+@code{--no-pages} (which became @code{-dno-print-pages}).
+
+@item
+Improved testing procedure now catch changes in CPU and memory
+performance, page layout, MIDI results and warnings.  This helps to
+reduce the number of regression errors during development, resulting
+in more stable releases.
+
+See @uref{INSTALL.html#testing} for more information.
+@item
+Nested properties, such as @code{details} in @code{Slur}, can be
+reverted as well.  The syntax for this is
+
+@example
+\revert Slur #'(details closeness-factor)
+@end example
+
+@item
 All line spanners are more flexible now in the configuration of their
 end points.  This includes glissando, voice followers, text crescendos
 and other text spanners.
 
-@lilypond
+@c  with ragged-right we can't see the gliss.
+@lilypond[]
 \relative c'' {
   \override Glissando #'bound-details #'right #'text = \markup { \hcenter \bold down }
   \override Glissando #'bound-details #'right #'Y = #-4
   \override Glissando #'bound-details #'right #'padding = #0.0
   \override Glissando #'bound-details #'left #'arrow = ##t
-  \override Glissando #'bound-details #'left #'padding = #5.0
+  \override Glissando #'bound-details #'left #'padding = #3.0
   \override Glissando #'style = #'trill
   
   c1 \glissando c'
@@ -85,6 +107,10 @@ and other text spanners.
 This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.
 
  
+@item
+The environment variable LILYPONDPREFIX has been renamed to
+LILYPOND_DATADIR.
+
 @item
 Notes or rests, such as a typical end note, that fill an entire
 measure are preceded by some more space.