Merge commit 'ce4b499'

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

diff --git a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
index 89e8a40ce06f42b9daa3da9d48a5510f81d2a4ad..474349b439e12ff7bace3209d9147a323e95ed78 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
+++ b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ See user manual, \NAME\
 
 @ifhtml
 This document is also available in @uref{NEWS.pdf,PDF}. It's part of
-the @uref{../,LilyPond Documentation} 
+the @uref{../,LilyPond Documentation} .
 @end ifhtml
 
 
@@ -65,10 +65,50 @@ which scares away people.
 
 @end ignore
 
+@item
+@code{\setEasyHeads} has been renamed to @code{\easyHeadsOn}, and a new
+command @code{\easyHeadsOff} reverts note heads to normal heads.
+
+@item
+@code{\fatText} and @code{\emptyText} have been renamed to
+@code{\textLengthOn} and @code{\textLengthOff}, respectively.
+
+@item
+Underlining is now possible with the @code{\underline} markup command.
+
+@item
+It is now possible to specify, using the @code{page-count} variable in
+the paper block, the number of pages that will be used.
+
+@item
+A new page breaking function, @code{ly:minimal-breaking}, is dedicated
+to books with many pages or a lot of texts.
+
+@item
+A table of contents is included using @code{\markuplines \table-of-contents}.
+Elements are added to it using the @code{\tocItem} command.
+
+@item
+Text spreading over several pages is entered using the
+@code{\markuplines} keyword. Builtin markup list commands, such as
+@code{\justified-lines} or @code{\wordwrap-lines} may be used, and new
+ones created using the @code{define-markup-list-command} Scheme macro.
+
+@item
+Particular points of a book may be marked with the @code{\label}
+command. Then, the page where these points are placed can be refered to
+using the @code{\page-ref} markup command.
+
+@item
+Page breaking and page turning commands (@code{\pageBreak},
+@code{\noPageBreak}, etc) can be used at top-level, between scores and
+top-level markups.
+
 @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}).
+@code{--no-pages} (which became @code{-dno-print-pages}).  The @code{-b}
+option does not exist any more.
 
 @item
 Improved testing procedure now catch changes in CPU and memory
@@ -86,9 +126,10 @@ reverted as well.  The syntax for this is
 @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.
+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.  The old syntax for setting
+text on line spanners is no longer valid.
 
 @c  with ragged-right we can't see the gliss.
 @lilypond[]
@@ -97,7 +138,7 @@ and other text spanners.
   \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'