@itemize @bullet
+@item
+The default paper size may now be set from the command line using
+@code{-dpaper-size}.
+
+@item
+Beamlets may stick out of the side of beams.
+
+
+@lilypond[fragment,raggedright,relative=2]
+{
+ \override Beam #'break-overshoot = #'(-0.5 . 0.5)
+ \set stemLeftBeamCount = #2
+ c8[
+ c16
+ \set stemRightBeamCount = #3
+ c ]
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.
+
+@item
+Support for figured bass has been rewritten. Now it supports
+continuation lines, and its figures, brackets, and alignments may
+tuned separately.
+
+@lilypond[raggedright,fragment]
+<<
+\relative { c4 c c c }
+\figures {
+ \set useBassFigureExtenders = ##t
+ <6+ 4 3> <6 4 3> <4 3+>
+} >>
+@end lilypond
+
+This rewrite was sponsored by Trent Johnston.
+
@item
Vertical alignments of staves can now be tuned easily for individual
systems.
\relative c'' <<
\new PianoStaff <<
\new Voice {
- \set PianoStaff.instrument = #"piano"
- \set PianoStaff.instr = #"pn"
- c1_"normal"
+ c1
\overrideProperty
#"Score.NonMusicalPaperColumn"