Merge branch 'jneeman' of git+ssh://jneem@git.sv.gnu.org/srv/git/lilypond into jneeman

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

diff --git a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
index 5e818224e035ac8d19c68560fef403c1a3086a54..e5984dfe85821c5e00f0118af44c9108417178d0 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
+++ b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ See user manual, \NAME\
 @node Top
 @top
 @end ifnottex
-@unnumbered New features in 2.9 since 2.8
+@unnumbered New features in 2.11 since 2.10
 
 @ifhtml
 This document is also available in @uref{NEWS.pdf,PDF}. It's part of
@@ -66,54 +66,60 @@ which scares away people.
 
 @end ignore
 
-@item 
-The MusicXML convertor has been sped up, and has rudimentary support
-for percussion notation.  It will also condense multi-bar rests to
-enable part extraction.
+@item Tablature now supports harmonics and slides,
 
-@item
-The beam printing code has been completely rewritten, and now includes
-support for feathered beaming,
-
-@lilypond[ragged-right,fragment,relative=2]
-\featherDurations #(ly:make-moment 3 4) 
+@lilypond[fragment,ragged-right,relative=1]
+\new TabVoice
 {
-  \override Beam #'grow-direction = #LEFT
-  c16[
-    c c c
-    c c c c ]
-    }
-@end lilypond 
+    <c g'\harmonic> d\2\glissando e\2
+}
+@end lilypond
 
-This feature was sponsored by Jamie Bullock.
+This feature was sponsored by Mike Amundsen
 
-@item
-The @code{\note} markup command now also accepts note head styles.
+@item Horizontal spacing now follows object outlines more
+accurately. This allows tighter horizontal spacing.
 
-@lilypond[ragged-right,fragment,relative=2]
-c4^\markup {
-  \override #'(style . triangle) \note-by-number #2 #1 #1 = 100
+@lilypond[fragment,ragged-right]
+{
+  \stemUp c''4...*1/2
+  ceses'!
 }
 @end lilypond
 
-This feature was sponsored by Jamie Bullock.
 
-@item
-Tie chord formatting also works with arpegiated
-ties.
+@item Objects that belong outside of the staff are
+now positioned automatically to avoid collisions.
 
-@lilypond[ragged-right]
-\relative c'' {
-  <e c a f>2~ <e c a f> |
-  \set tieWaitForNote = ##t
-  e8~ c~ a~ f~ <e' c a f>2 |
-  f,8~ a~ c~ e~ <f, a c e>2 |
-}
+@lilypond[fragment,ragged-right,relative=1]
+  c''
+  \once \override TextScript #'self-alignment-X = #CENTER
+  a,^"this doesn't collide with the c"
+  b^"this goes above the previous markup"
+  a8_"this goes below the dynamic"
+  a\f
 @end lilypond
 
+@item Staves are spaced vertically using a skyline algorithm. This helps to avoid
+uneven vertical spacing.
 
-This feature was sponsored by Steve Doonan.
+@lilypond[ragged-right]
+
+%% todo: fix 'landscape PDF.
+#(set-default-paper-size "a6" )
+\header {
+  tagline = ##f
+}
 
+\book {
+  \score {
+    {
+      a,,1 | a'4 b' c'' d'' \break
+      \repeat unfold 2 {a' b' c'' d''} | b''''1
+    }
+  }
+}
+@end lilypond
 
 @end itemize
 
@@ -121,7 +127,7 @@ This feature was sponsored by Steve Doonan.
 
 @ifhtml
 For older news, go to
-@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.8/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.html},
+@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.html},
 or @uref{../,go back} to the Documentation index.