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diff --git a/Documentation/user/converters.itely b/Documentation/user/converters.itely
index d0d70609ef08ebed8e84d5c0382515b7a19e81b7..918a92fc2cc035d30990f68fd203ef63caf62c4b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/user/converters.itely
+++ b/Documentation/user/converters.itely
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ sequencers and XML converters. Refer to the
 * Invoking midi2ly::            Importing MIDI.
 * Invoking etf2ly::             Importing Finale.
 * Invoking abc2ly::             Importing ABC.          
-* Invoking pmx2ly::             Importing PMX.
 * Invoking musedata2ly::        Importing Musedata.
 * Invoking mup2ly::             Importing MUP. 
 @end menu
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@ The following options are supported by midi2ly:
 @item -a, --absolute-pitches
     Print absolute pitches.
 @item -d, --duration-quant=@var{DUR}
-    Quantise note durations on @var{DUR}.
+    Quantize note durations on @var{DUR}.
 @item -e, --explicit-durations
     Print explicit durations.
 @item -h,--help
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ The following options are supported by midi2ly:
 @item -o, --output=@var{file}
     Write output to @var{file}.
 @item -s, --start-quant=@var{DUR}
-    Quantise note starts on DUR.
+    Quantize note starts on DUR.
 @item -t, --allow-tuplet=@var{DUR}*@var{NUM}/@var{DEN}
     Allow tuplet durations @var{DUR}*@var{NUM}/@var{DEN}.
 @item -V, --verbose
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ etf2ly. Sequences of grace notes are ended improperly sometimes.
 
 @cindex ABC
 
-ABC is a fairly simple ASCII based format. It is described at the abc site:
+ABC is a fairly simple ASCII based format. It is described at the ABC site:
 @quotation
 @uref{http://www.gre.ac.uk/~c.walshaw/abc2mtex/abc.txt}.
 @end quotation
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ There is a rudimentary facility for adding LilyPond code to the ABC
 source file.  If you say:
 
 @example
-        %%LY voices \property Voice.autoBeaming=##f
+        %%LY voices \set autoBeaming = ##f
 @end example
 
 This will cause the text following the keyword ``voices'' to be inserted 
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ into the current line of lyrics.
 @refbugs
 
 The ABC standard is not very ``standard''. For extended features
-(eg. polyphonic music) different conventions exist. 
+(e.g. polyphonic music) different conventions exist. 
 
 Multiple tunes in one file cannot be converted.
 
@@ -223,56 +222,18 @@ not.
 
 abc2ly ignores the ABC beaming.
 
-@node Invoking pmx2ly
-@section Invoking pmx2ly
-
-PMX is a MusiXTeX preprocessor written by Don Simons. More information
-on PMX is available from the following site:
-
-@quotation
-@uref{http://icking-music-archive.org/Misc/Music/musixtex/software/pmx/}.
-@end quotation
-
-@cindex PMX
-@cindex MusiXTeX
-@cindex Simons, Don
-pmx2ly converts from PMX to LilyPond input. The program is invoked as
-follows:
-
-@example
-        pmx2ly [@var{option}]@dots{} @var{pmx-file}
-@end example
-
-The following options are supported by pmx2ly:
-
-@table @code
-@item   -h,--help
-this help
-@item  -o,--output=FILE
-set output filename to FILE
-@item  -v,--version
-version information
-@end table
-
-@refbugs
-
-This script was updated last in September 2000, and then successfully
-converted the @file{barsant.pmx} example from the PMX
-distribution. pmx2ly cannot parse more recent PMX files.
-
-
 @node Invoking musedata2ly
 @section Invoking musedata2ly
 
-@cindex Musedata
+@cindex MuseData
 @cindex CCARH
 
-Musedata (see @uref{http://www.musedata.org/}) is an electronic library of
-classical music scores, currently comprising about 800 composition
-dating from 1700 to 1825.  The music is encoded in so-called Musedata
-format.  musedata2ly converts a set of musedata files to one .ly file,
-and will include a @code{\header} field if a @file{.ref} file is
-supplied. It is invoked as follows:
+MuseData (see @uref{http://www.musedata.org/}) is an electronic
+library of classical music scores, comprising at the time of writing
+about 800 composition dating from 1700 to 1825.  The music is encoded
+in so-called MuseData format.  musedata2ly converts a set of MuseData
+files to one .ly file, and will include a @code{\header} field if a
+@file{.ref} file is supplied. It is invoked as follows:
 
 @example
         musedata2ly [@var{option}]@dots{} @var{musedata-files}
@@ -294,17 +255,17 @@ version information
 
 @refbugs
 
-@file{musedata2ly} converts only a small subset of musedata. 
+@file{musedata2ly} converts only a small subset of MuseData. 
 
 @node Invoking mup2ly
 @section Invoking mup2ly
 
-MUP (Music Publisher) is a shareware music notation program by Arkkra
+Mup (Music Publisher) is a shareware music notation program by Arkkra
 Enterprises.  Mup2ly will convert part of a Mup file to LilyPond
 format. It is invoked as follows:
 
 @cindex Music Publisher
-@cindex MUP
+@cindex Mup
 @cindex Arkkra
 
 @example