X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ftopdocs%2FNEWS.tely;h=27e3a70d9d93bc47c360bd12a2e63a3f46ff4639;hb=8a37f4d25a58780a966ac364d580e98b58d7162f;hp=a100911c7518551e7f5645873b15f0416552bad8;hpb=9a3f383f778c0423da192cf267d326c9c459feb9;p=lilypond.git diff --git a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely index a100911c75..27e3a70d9d 100644 --- a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely +++ b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely @@ -34,7 +34,21 @@ See user manual, \NAME\ @itemize @bullet @item -Grid lines +Staves may be stopped and started halfway a line, e.g. + +@lilypond[relative=2,fragment,verbatim] +b4 b \stopStaff b \startStaff b +@end lilypond + +@noindent +This feature has been sponsored by Hans Forbrich. + +@item +Grid lines, vertical lines synchronized with notes, can be drawn across +staves, by adding suitable engravers. +An example is in @inputfileref{input/regression,grid-lines.ly}, + +@lilypondfile[]{grid-lines.ly} @item Lines, such as glissandi or Text-spanner lines, can have arrows at the @@ -211,9 +225,9 @@ using the @code{-f texstr} output backend. This provides exact metrics for texts, including kerning and accents. @item -LilyPond now uses FreeType read the Feta font as an OpenType -font. This is cleaner design and more robust. Recent versions of -FontForge (20041211 or newer) and Freetype are required. As a result, +LilyPond now uses FreeType read the Feta font as an OpenType font. This +is a cleaner design and more robust. Recent versions of FontForge (2004 +1211 or newer) and Freetype are required. As a result, @item the SVG backend is now a fully functional backend.