(Top): document spacing section

feature.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 52aa30b76148b82513074d1bfd700c7c6880b307..7861c700b57da6d42cb018008bc6a453dedf84f8 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 2006-06-06  Han-Wen Nienhuys  <hanwen@lilypond.org>
 
-       * configure.in (LINK_GXX_STATICALLY): use readlink.py to resolve links.
+       * Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely (Top): document spacing section
+       feature.
 
+       * configure.in (LINK_GXX_STATICALLY): use readlink.py to resolve links.
+       Patch by Karl Hammar
+       
        * buildscripts/readlink.py: add  file.
+       Patch by Karl Hammar
 
 2006-06-06  Joe Neeman  <joeneeman@gmail.com>
 

diff --git a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
index 8a3ee81466cffbfb6eb54c8202157dbf7f668abe..59d1150e569218943e16c47146581470c3f4ad84 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
+++ b/Documentation/topdocs/NEWS.tely
@@ -65,6 +65,26 @@ which scares away people.
 * only show user-visible changes. 
 
 @end ignore
+@item
+New sections with different spacing parameters can be started with
+@code{newSpacingSection}.  This is useful when there are  
+sections with a different notions of long and short notes.
+
+In the following example, the time signature change introduces a new
+section, and hence the 16ths notes are spaced differently.
+
+@lilypond[relative,fragment]
+  \time 2/4
+  c4 c8 c 
+  c8 c c4 c16[ c c8] c4
+
+  \newSpacingSection
+  \time 4/16
+  c16[ c  c8]
+@end lilypond
+
+This feature was sponsored by Trevor Bača, Michael Meixner and Vivian
+Barty-Taylor.
 
 @item
 A new, automated testing technique has been added. It will detect
@@ -75,7 +95,7 @@ View @uref{../../test-results.html,test results}.
 
 @item
 Figured bass can also be added to @code{Staff} contexts directly. In
-this case, their vertical  position is adjusted automatically.
+this case, their vertical position is adjusted automatically.
 
 @lilypond[ragged-right,fragment]
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