From: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 08:38:25 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (Top): document spacing section
X-Git-Tag: release/2.10.0-2~569
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a8f03d243fb645c25ed145c4ed7146feeefb29d5;p=lilypond.git

(Top): document spacing section
feature.
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 52aa30b761..7861c700b5 100644
--- 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 8a3ee81466..59d1150e56 100644
--- 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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