stringFingerOrientations ->

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

diff --git a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
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--- a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
+++ b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
@@ -66,16 +66,59 @@ which scares away people.
 
 @end ignore
 
+@item Guitar right hand fingerings may
+now also be added,
+
+@lilypond[fragment,relative=1,ragged-right]
+\relative 
+{
+  \set stringFingerOrientations = #'(right) % up left down
+  \set fingeringOrientations = #'(down left up) % up left down
+  \set stringNumberOrientations = #'(down up left) % (up right down)
+  <c-1\4
+   -\rightHandFinger #1
+   e-2\5
+   -\rightHandFinger #2
+   g-3\6
+   -\rightHandFinger #3
+   >
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by William Wilson.
+
+@ignore
+hint for GP:
+
+- grob StringFinger
+
+- event StringFingerEvent,
+
+- texts can be tuned with StringFinger #'digit-names property.
+
+- recommend use of identifiers in practice, eg. rhf = rightHandFinger
+
+@end ignore 
+
+@item By defining a clip region, a cutout EPS file of a number of measures
+may be generated from the complete score.  Hence, it is no longer
+necessary to create separate files to create extracts of (long)
+scores.  An example is shown in
+@file{input/regression/clip-systems.ly}.
+
+This feature was sponsored by Rick Hansen.
+
+
 @item Lyric texts may include tie symbols by using the @code{~}
 symbol,
 
 @lilypond[relative=1,fragment,ragged-right]
   { c4 f2 g4 }
   \addlyrics {
-    o la~la la
+    o la~oo ah
   } 
 @end lilypond
-
+8
 @item Calculation of note head durations is now softcoded. 
 
 @lilypond[relative=1,fragment,ragged-right]