Merge branch 'lilypond/translation' of ssh://trettig@git.sv.gnu.org/srv/git/lilypond...

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

diff --git a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
index d6511260188948a1e1875ae1d78ea94c63872659..f4c832cb2a6ed0e7ddcf6ed89fcf04e9c041cbb4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
+++ b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ See user manual, \NAME\
 
 @ifhtml
 This document is also available in @uref{NEWS.pdf,PDF}. It's part of
-the @uref{../,LilyPond Documentation} 
+the @uref{../,LilyPond Documentation} .
 @end ifhtml
 
 
@@ -65,6 +65,56 @@ which scares away people.
 
 @end ignore
 
+@item
+Arpeggios may now use ``parenthesis'' style brackets:
+
+@lilypond[relative,ragged-right]
+  \override Arpeggio #'stencil = #ly:arpeggio::brew-chord-slur
+
+  % Note: does not work for cross staff arpeggios.
+  \override Arpeggio #'X-extent = #ly:grob::stencil-width
+  <c g' c>2\arpeggio ~ c
+@end lilypond
+
+@item
+Enclosing text within boxes with rounded corners is now possible,
+using the @code{rounded-box} command.
+
+@item
+@command{lilypond-book} can run any program instead of @command{latex}
+to guess the line width, thanks to @code{--latex-program} command line
+option.
+
+@item
+@code{\setEasyHeads} has been renamed to @code{\easyHeadsOn}, and a new
+command @code{\easyHeadsOff} reverts note heads to normal heads.
+
+@item
+@code{\fatText}, @code{\emptyText} and @code{\compressMusic} have been
+renamed to @code{\textLengthOn}, @code{\textLengthOff} and
+@code{\scaleDurations}, respectively.
+
+@item
+Underlining is now possible with the @code{\underline} markup command.
+
+@item
+It is now possible to specify, using the @code{page-count} variable in
+the paper block, the number of pages that will be used.
+
+@item
+A new page breaking function, @code{ly:minimal-breaking}, is dedicated
+to books with many pages or a lot of texts.
+
+@item
+A table of contents is included using @code{\markuplines \table-of-contents}.
+Elements are added to it using the @code{\tocItem} command.
+
+@item
+Text spreading over several pages is entered using the
+@code{\markuplines} keyword. Builtin markup list commands, such as
+@code{\justified-lines} or @code{\wordwrap-lines} may be used, and new
+ones created using the @code{define-markup-list-command} Scheme macro.
+
 @item
 Particular points of a book may be marked with the @code{\label}
 command. Then, the page where these points are placed can be refered to
@@ -97,9 +147,10 @@ reverted as well.  The syntax for this is
 @end example
 
 @item
-All line spanners are more flexible now in the configuration of their
-end points.  This includes glissando, voice followers, text crescendos
-and other text spanners.
+All line spanners are more flexible now in the configuration of
+their end points.  This includes glissando, voice followers, text
+crescendos and other text spanners.  The old syntax for setting
+text on line spanners is no longer valid.
 
 @c  with ragged-right we can't see the gliss.
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