* About the Snippet List (SL):: this is a collection of short LilyPond examples.
-* About the Internals Reference (IR):: this document gives information about LilyPond internal programming information, which is required for constructing tweaks.
+* About the Internals Reference (IR):: this document gives reference information about LilyPond's internal structures, which is required for constructing tweaks.
* Other documentation:: there are a few other portions of the documentation, such as News items and the mailist archives.
@ref{Top,LilyPond Snippet List,,lilypond-snippets}: this shows a
selected set of LilyPond snippets from the
@uref{http://lsr@/.dsi@/.unimi@/.it,LilyPond Snippet Repository}
-(LSR). It is in the public domain.
+(LSR). All the snippets are in the public domain.
Please note that this document is not an exact subset of LSR. LSR
is running a stable LilyPond version, so any snippet which
@ref{Top,Internals Reference,,lilypond-internals}: this is a set
of heavily cross linked HTML pages which document the nitty-gritty
details of each and every LilyPond class, object, and function.
-It is produced directly from the formatting definitions used.
+It is produced directly from the formatting definitions in the
+source code.
Almost all formatting functionality that is used internally is
-available directly to the user. For example, all variables that
+available directly to the user. For example, most variables that
control thickness values, distances, etc., can be changed in input
files. There are a huge number of formatting options, and all of
-them are described in this document. Each section of the notation
-manual has a @b{See also} subsection, which refers to the
+them are described in this document. Each section of the Notation
+Reference has a @b{See also} subsection, which refers to the
generated documentation. In the HTML document, these subsections
have clickable links.