@end ignore
+@item Slurs now avoid clefs and key changes.
+
+@lilypond[fragment,ragged-right]
+\new Staff { \clef bass c^( \clef "G" g') }
+@end lilypond
+
+@item The @code{FretBoards} context will generate guitar frettings
+automatically,
+
+@lilypond[fragment,relative=0,verbatim,ragged-right]
+\new FretBoards { <d\5 fis a d fis> }
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Rick Hansen.
+
+@item Horizontal and vertical spacing are now done at the same time
+so that pages are filled more evenly.
+
+@item The page breaking algorithm is capable of detecting page turns
+and formatting the music accordingly.
+
+@c Insert any new material above this line. -gp
+
+@item Guitar right hand fingerings may
+now also be added,
+
+@lilypond[fragment,relative=1,ragged-right]
+\relative
+{
+ \set strokeFingerOrientations = #'(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.
+
+@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~oo ah
+ }
+@end lilypond
+
+@item Calculation of note head durations is now softcoded.
+
+@lilypond[relative=1,fragment,ragged-right]
+ %% use half heads for whole notes.
+ \override NoteHead #'duration-log = 1
+ c1 c2 c4 c8[ c16 c]
+@end lilypond
+
+@item Chords can now be partially tied,
+
+@lilypond[ragged-right,relative,fragment]
+<c~ e g~ b> <c e g b>
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Steve Doonan.
+
+@item Lyric extenders now have tunable padding.
+
+This feature was sponsored by David Griffel.
+
+@item
+Instrument changes are better supported: names in the margin can be
+changed half-way during a staff, and cues are printed automatically.
+
+This feature was sponsored by Kieren MacMillan.
+
+@item
+Barlines can be dashed now,
+
+@lilypond[relative,ragged-right,fragment]
+c4 \bar "dashed" c4
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Kieren MacMillan.
+
+@item
+Grace notes may be forced to use floating spacing,
+
+@lilypond[relative=2,ragged-right]
+<<
+ \override Score.SpacingSpanner #'strict-grace-spacing = ##t
+ \new Staff {
+ c'4
+ \afterGrace
+ c'4
+ { c'16[ c'8 c'16] }
+ c'4
+ }
+ \new Staff {
+ c'16[ c'16 c'16 c'16]
+ c'16[ c'16 c'16 c'16]
+ c'4
+ }
+>>
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.
+
+
+@item
+Durations of grace notes are taken into account for spacing,
+
+@lilypond[relative=2,ragged-right,fragment]
+ c
+ \grace { c8[ c16 d c8] }
+ c
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.
+
+@item
+Tuplet brackets can be made to run to prefatory matter or
+the next note
+
+@lilypond[ragged-right]
+\new RhythmicStaff {
+ \set tupletFullLength = ##t
+ \time 4/4
+ \times 4/5 {
+ c4 c1
+ }
+ \set tupletFullLengthNote = ##t
+ \time 2/4
+ \times 2/3 {
+ c4 c c
+ }
+ \time 3/4
+ c4
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+
+This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.
+
+@item
+Falls and doits can be added to notes
+
+@lilypond[fragment,ragged-right,relative=2]
+\override Score.SpacingSpanner #'shortest-duration-space = #3.0
+c4-\bendAfter #+5
+c4-\bendAfter #-3
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Anthony Youngman and Paul Scott.
+
+@item
+@code{lilypond-book} now includes support for PDF@TeX{}.
+
+This feature was sponsored by David Roundy.
+
+@item
+Nested tuplets can have different formatting for each nesting level,
+
+@lilypond[ragged-right]
+\new Staff {
+ \time 5/4
+ \tweak #'text #tuplet-number::calc-fraction-text
+ \times 5/3 {
+ \tweak #'text #tuplet-number::calc-denominator-text
+ \times 2/3 {
+ c'8[ c'8 c'8]
+ }
+ \times 2/3 {
+ c'8[ c'8 c'8]
+ }
+ \times 2/3 {
+ c'8[ c'8 c'8]
+ }
+ }
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.
+
+
+@item
+New sections with different spacing parameters can be started with
+@code{newSpacingSection}. This is useful when there are
+sections with a different notions of long and short notes.
+
+In the following example, the time signature change introduces a new
+section, and hence the 16ths notes are spaced wider.
+
+@lilypond[relative,fragment]
+ \time 2/4
+ c4 c8 c
+ c8 c c4 c16[ c c8] c4
+
+ \newSpacingSection
+ \time 4/16
+ c16[ c c8]
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača, Michael Meixner and Vivian
+Barty-Taylor.
+
+@item
+A new, automated testing technique has been added. It will detect
+changes in the formatting automatically, which will make it easier to
+spot regression errors in the future.
+
+View @uref{../../test-results.html,test results}.
+
+@item
+Figured bass can also be added to @code{Staff} contexts directly. In
+this case, their vertical position is adjusted automatically.
+
+@lilypond[ragged-right,fragment]
+<<
+ \new Staff = someUniqueName
+ \relative c'' {
+ c4 c'8 r8 c,4 c'
+ }
+
+ %% send to existing Staff.
+ \context Staff = someUniqueName
+ \figuremode {
+ <4>4 <6 10>8 s8
+
+ \set Staff.useBassFigureExtenders = ##t
+ <4 6>4 <4 6>
+ }
+>>
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Trent Johnston.
+
+@item
+Beams may be put on isolated stems, and beamlets may be paired by
+setting the @code{max-beam-connect} property,
+
+@lilypond[ragged-right,relative=2,fragment]
+ \override Stem #'max-beam-connect = #1
+ c16[ c16] c32[]
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.
+
+@item
+Beaming patterns obey the @code{beatGrouping} property.
+
+@lilypond[ragged-right,relative=2,fragment]
+ \time 5/16
+ \set beatGrouping = #'(2 3)
+ c8[^"(2+3)" c16 c8]
+ \set beatGrouping = #'(3 2)
+ c8[^"(3+2)" c16 c8]
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.
+
+@item
+With the command @code{\transposedCueDuring} a cue's transposition can
+be changed locally. This can be used to prevent excessive ledger
+lines on cues.
+
+This feature was contributed by Werner Lemberg
+
+@item
+By setting @code{hairpinToBarline}, hairpins will stop at
+the barline preceding the ending note.
+
+@lilypond[relative=2,fragment,ragged-right]
+\set hairpinToBarline = ##t
+\override Hairpin #'bound-padding = #1.0
+c4\< c2. c4\!
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Andrew Sidwell and Trevor Bača.
+
+@item
+Objects may be rotated using the @code{rotation} property.
+@lilypond[ragged-right,fragment,relative=1]
+{
+ \override Hairpin #'rotation = #'(20 -1 0)
+ g4\<^\markup { \rotate #180 "test" } b d f'\!
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was contributed by Erlend Aasland.
+
+@item
+Hairpins now support circled tips (al niente notation).
+@lilypond[ragged-right,fragment,relative=2]
+{
+ \override Hairpin #'circled-tip = ##t
+ c2\< c\!
+ c4\> c\< c2\!
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was contributed by Erlend Aasland.
+
@item
The MusicXML convertor has been sped up, and has rudimentary support
for percussion notation. It will also condense multi-bar rests to
support for feathered beaming,
@lilypond[ragged-right,fragment,relative=2]
-\featherDurations #(ly:make-moment 3 4)
+\featherDurations #(ly:make-moment 5 4)
{
\override Beam #'grow-direction = #LEFT
c16[
c c c
- c c c c ]
- }
+ c c c ]
+}
@end lilypond
+Known bug: the \featherDuration command only works with very short music
+snippets.
+
This feature was sponsored by Jamie Bullock.
@item
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