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diff --git a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
index 5329169c205d1f15cdb5dc8f21db5fe37b8f63c7..890a38586561a870c365a870d791928b98e8eb92 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
+++ b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
@@ -66,13 +66,28 @@ which scares away people.
 
 @end ignore
 
+@item
+The beam printing code has been completely rewritten, and now includes
+support for feathered beaming,
+
+@lilypond[ragged-right,fragment,relative=2]
+\featherDurations #(ly:make-moment 3 4) 
+{
+  \override Beam #'grow-direction = #LEFT
+  c16[
+    c c c
+    c c c c ]
+    }
+@end lilypond 
+
+This feature was sponsored by Jamie Bullock.
+
 @item
 The @code{\note} markup command now also accepts note head styles.
 
 @lilypond[ragged-right,fragment,relative=2]
 c4^\markup {
-  \override #'(style . triangle) \note #2 #1 #1
-  = 100
+  \override #'(style . triangle) \note-by-number #2 #1 #1 = 100
 }
 @end lilypond