Merge branch 'master' into nested-bookparts

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

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@@ -62,6 +62,16 @@ which scares away people.
 
 @end ignore
 
+@item
+In addition to the already existing @code{showLastLength} property,
+@code{showFirstLength} can now be set as well, rendering only the first
+measures of a piece.  Both properties may be set at the same time:
+@lilypond[]
+showFirstLength = R1*2
+showLastLength = R1*3
+\relative c' { c1 d e f g a b c }
+@end lilypond
+
 @item
 The file extension for MIDI can be set using the command-line
 program default @code{midi-extension}.  For Windows, the default