* only show user-visible changes.
@end ignore
+@item Items directly connected with a music input element may be
+parenthesized, for example,
+@lilypond[verbatim,ragged-right,fragment]
+c4 -\parenthesize -.
+<d \parenthesize fis a>
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Ramana Kumar.
+
@item Multi-word
variables in the @code{\paper} and @code{\layout} block are now
separated with dashes, i.e.