@emph{selected snippet} in the documentation. It will also appear
automatically in the Snippets lists. See @ref{Introduction to LSR}.
-Snippets that @emph{don't} have the @qq{docs} tage will still be
+Snippets that @emph{don't} have the @qq{docs} tag will still be
searchable and viewable within the LSR, but will be not be included in
the Snippets list or be able to be included as part of the main
documentation.
Staff.instrumentName = #"cello"}
@item
-Try to avoid using @code{#'} or @code{#`} within when describing
+Try to avoid using @code{#'} or @code{#`} when describing
context or layout properties outside of an @code{@@example} or @code{@@lilypond}, unless
the description explicitly requires it.
@item
Tweaks should, if possible, also occur on their own line.
@example
-not: \override TextScript #'padding = #3 c1^"hi"
-but instead: \override TextScript #'padding = #3
+not: \override TextScript.padding = #3 c1^"hi"
+but instead: \override TextScript.padding = #3
c1^"hi"
@end example
@node Special characters
@unnumberedsubsubsec Special characters
+@warning{In Texinfo, the backslash is an ordinary character, and
+is entered without escaping (e.g.
+@samp{The@tie{}@@code@{@bs{}foo@}@tie{}command}). However, within
+double-quoted Scheme and/or LilyPond strings, backslashes
+(including those ending up in Texinfo markup) need to be escaped
+by doubling them:
+@example
+(define (foo x)
+ "The @@code@{@bs{}@bs{}foo@} command..."
+ ...)
+@end example}
+
@itemize
@item
@code{--}, @code{---} --- Create an en dash (--) or an em dash
On the other side of this,
@example
-\override Score.Hairpin #'after-line-breaking = ##t
+\override Score.Hairpin.after-line-breaking = ##t
@end example
clearly belongs in LSR.