@section When things don't work
@menu
-* Updating old input files::
* Common errors::
* Troubleshooting (taking it all apart)::
@end menu
-@node Updating old input files
-@subsection Updating old input files
-
-@cindex convert-ly
-@cindex updating old input files
-
-The LilyPond input syntax occasionally changes. As LilyPond itself
-improves, the syntax (input language) is modified accordingly. Sometimes
-these changes are made to make the input easier to read and write or
-sometimes the changes are made to accommodate new features of LilyPond.
-
-LilyPond comes with a file that makes this updating easier:
-@code{convert-ly}. For details about how to run this program, see
-@rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
-
-Unfortunately, @code{convert-ly} cannot handle all input changes. It
-takes care of simple search-and-replace changes (such as @code{raggedright}
-becoming @code{ragged-right}), but some changes are too
-complicated. The syntax changes that @code{convert-ly} cannot handle
-are listed in @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
-
-For example, in LilyPond 2.4 and earlier, accents and non-English
-letters were entered using LaTeX -- for example,
-@code{No\"el} (this would print the French word for
-@c keep "-matching straight in fancy editors
-@q{Christmas}). In LilyPond 2.6 and above, the special
-@code{ë} must be entered directly into the LilyPond file as an
-UTF-8 character. @code{convert-ly} cannot change all the LaTeX
-special characters into UTF-8 characters; you must manually update
-your old LilyPond input files.
-
@node Common errors
@subsection Common errors
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