* buildscripts/new-chords.py (help): add help text

[lilypond.git] / NEWS

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@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ exported as XML.
 
        << PITCHES >>
 
-In version 2.0, this syntax will be changed to
+It is not necessary to update files to this syntax, but it will be for
+using LilyPond version 2.0.  In version 2.0, this syntax will be
+changed to
 
    < PITCHES >  for chords
 
@@ -29,6 +31,9 @@ and
 
    \simultaneous { .. } for simultaneous music.
 
+To convert your files from <PITCHES> to <<PITCHES>>, use the script
+included in buildscripts/convert-new-chords.py
+
 ** A new uniform postfix syntax for articulation has been introduced.
 A beamed slurred pair of eighth notes can be entered as