* scm/define-grobs.scm:

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

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@@ -66,9 +66,76 @@ which scares away people.
 
 @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 Please insert any new material above this line.  -gp
+@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,
 
@@ -80,7 +147,7 @@ This feature was sponsored by Steve Doonan.
 
 @item Lyric extenders now have tunable padding.
 
-This feature was sponsored by David Griffel
+This feature was sponsored by David Griffel.
 
 @item
 Instrument changes are better supported: names in the margin can be