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@@ -66,6 +66,132 @@ which scares away people.
 
 @end ignore
 
+@item Guitar right hand fingerings may
+now also be added,
+
+@lilypond[fragment,relative=1,ragged-right]
+\relative 
+{
+  \set stringFingerOrientations = #'(right) % up left down
+  \set fingeringOrientations = #'(down left up) % up left down
+  \set stringNumberOrientations = #'(down up left) % (up right down)
+  <c-1\4
+   -\rightHandFinger #1
+   e-2\5
+   -\rightHandFinger #2
+   g-3\6
+   -\rightHandFinger #3
+   >
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by William Wilson.
+
+@ignore
+hint for GP:
+
+- grob StringFinger
+
+- event StringFingerEvent,
+
+- texts can be tuned with StringFinger #'digit-names property.
+
+- recommend use of identifiers in practice, eg. rhf = rightHandFinger
+
+@end ignore 
+
+@item By defining a clip region, a cutout EPS file of a number of measures
+may be generated from the complete score.  Hence, it is no longer
+necessary to create separate files to create extracts of (long)
+scores.  An example is shown in
+@file{input/regression/clip-systems.ly}.
+
+This feature was sponsored by Rick Hansen.
+
+
+@item Lyric texts may include tie symbols by using the @code{~}
+symbol,
+
+@lilypond[relative=1,fragment,ragged-right]
+  { c4 f2 g4 }
+  \addlyrics {
+    o la~oo ah
+  } 
+@end lilypond
+8
+@item Calculation of note head durations is now softcoded. 
+
+@lilypond[relative=1,fragment,ragged-right]
+  %% use half heads for whole notes.
+  \override NoteHead #'duration-log = 1                                         
+  c1 c2 c4 c8[ c16 c]
+@end lilypond
+
+
+@c Please insert any new material above this line.  -gp
+
+@item Chords can now be partially tied,
+
+@lilypond[ragged-right,relative,fragment]
+<c~ e g~ b>  <c e g b>
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Steve Doonan.
+
+@item Lyric extenders now have tunable padding.
+
+This feature was sponsored by David Griffel.
+
+@item
+Instrument changes are better supported: names in the margin can be
+changed half-way during a staff, and cues are printed automatically.
+
+This feature was sponsored by Kieren MacMillan.
+
+@item
+Barlines can be dashed now,
+
+@lilypond[relative,ragged-right,fragment]
+c4 \bar "dashed" c4
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Kieren MacMillan.
+
+@item
+Grace notes may be forced to use floating spacing, 
+
+@lilypond[relative=2,ragged-right]
+<<
+  \override Score.SpacingSpanner  #'strict-grace-spacing = ##t
+  \new Staff {
+     c'4
+     \afterGrace
+     c'4
+     { c'16[ c'8 c'16] }
+     c'4
+  }
+  \new Staff {
+     c'16[ c'16 c'16 c'16]
+     c'16[ c'16 c'16 c'16]
+     c'4
+  }
+>>
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.
+
+
+@item
+Durations of grace notes are taken into account for spacing,
+
+@lilypond[relative=2,ragged-right,fragment]
+  c
+  \grace { c8[ c16 d c8]  }
+  c
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača.
+
 @item
 Tuplet brackets can be made to run to prefatory matter or
 the next note