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@@ -17,8 +17,24 @@ Version 2.1.9
 @end ignore
 
 @itemize @bullet
+@item Formatting of ottava brackets has been much improved.
+
+@item Objects in the output can now be documented: the following fragment
+ boxes the note head, and adds the text ``heads or tails?'' three
+spaces below the box.
+
+@example
+       \context Voice \applyoutput #(add-balloon-text
+                                    'NoteHead "heads, or tails?"
+                                    '(0 . -3))
+
+      
+       c8
+@end example
+
+
 @item Default staff sizes are now scalable. There are two new mechanisms for
-setting staff sizes is, both demonstrated in this fragment
+setting staff sizes. Both are demonstrated in this fragment:
 
 @example
   #(set-staff-size 15)
@@ -27,6 +43,7 @@ setting staff sizes is, both demonstrated in this fragment
   @}   
 @end example
 
+
 @noindent
 Both have  the same effect on the global layout  of a
 piece. Similarly, the paper size may be changed as follows
@@ -35,8 +52,15 @@ piece. Similarly, the paper size may be changed as follows
   #(set-paper-size "a4")
 @end example 
 
-@item
- The black note head was made a little rounder, which causes a less
+
+@item Warnings for bar check errors are more cleverly printed.  This
+makes @code{barCheckSynchronize} superfluous, so it is now switched
+off by default.
+
+Warning: this will cause problems in scores that use bar checks to
+shorten measures.
+
+@item The black note head was made a little rounder, which causes a less
  frantic graphic impression.
 
 @item
@@ -57,8 +81,6 @@ With this mechanism, @code{LyricVoice}s can be put melodies
 individually, allowing for different melismatic sections in every
 @code{LyricVoice}. See @file{input/regression/lyric-combine-new.ly}.
 
-@item Formatting of ottava brackets has been improved.
-
 @item Bar lines may now be dotted.