Clarified direction, and updated old \property stuff.

[lilypond.git] / Documentation / user / changing-defaults.itely

diff --git a/Documentation/user/changing-defaults.itely b/Documentation/user/changing-defaults.itely
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--- a/Documentation/user/changing-defaults.itely
+++ b/Documentation/user/changing-defaults.itely
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ Distances in LilyPond are measured in staff-spaces, while most
 thickness properties are measured in line-thickness.  Some
 properties are different; for example, the thickness of beams
 is measured in staff-spaces.  For more information, see the
-relevant portion of the internals documentation.
+relevant portion of the program reference.
 
 More specific overrides are also possible.  The next section
 discusses in depth how to figure out these statements for yourself.
@@ -1047,13 +1047,20 @@ This engraver creates the following layout objects: @internalsref{Fingering}.
 
 In other words, once the @code{FingerEvent}s are interpreted, the
 @code{Fingering_engraver} plug-in will process them.
+
+@ignore
+@c  I can't figure out what this is supposed to mean.  -gp
+
 The @code{Fingering_engraver} is also listed to create
 @internalsref{Fingering} objects,
 
-
-Lo and behold, that is also the
+@c  old info?  it doesn't make any sense to me with our current docs.
+This is also the
 second bit of information listed under @b{See also} in the Notation
-manual.  By clicking around in the program reference, we can follow the
+manual.
+@end ignore
+
+By clicking around in the program reference, we can follow the
 flow of information within the program, either forward (like we did
 here), or backwards, following links like this:
 
@@ -1283,7 +1290,7 @@ an @internalsref{event} from the input, for example
 @end itemize
 
 It notably does not work for stems and accidentals (these are caused
-by note heads, not by music events), clefs (these are not caused by
+by note heads, not by music events) or clefs (these are not caused by
 music inputs, but rather by the change of a property value).
  
 In a similar vein, objects may be parenthesized by prefixing
@@ -1309,7 +1316,7 @@ There are a few classes of difficult adjustments.
 
 
 @item
-Another difficult adjustment is the appearance of spanner objects,
+One type of difficult adjustment is the appearance of spanner objects,
 such as slur and tie.  Initially, only one of these objects is created,
 and they can be adjusted with the normal mechanism.  However, in some
 cases the spanners cross line breaks.  If this happens, these objects