5.5.5 Technical writing style
These refer to the NR. The LM uses a more gentle, colloquial
style.
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Do not refer to LilyPond in the text. The reader knows what the
manual is about. If you do, capitalization is LilyPond.
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If you explicitly refer to ‘lilypond’ the program (or any other
command to be executed), write
@command{lilypond}.
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Do not explicitly refer to the reader/user. There is no one else
besides the reader and the writer.
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Avoid contractions (don’t, won’t, etc.). Spell the words out completely.
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Avoid abbreviations, except for commonly used abbreviations of foreign
language terms such as ‘etc.’ and ‘i.e.’.
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Avoid fluff (“Notice that,” “as you can see,”
“Currently,”).
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The use of the word ‘illegal’ is inappropriate in most cases.
Say ‘invalid’ instead.