@warning{Every piece of LilyPond input needs to have
@strong{@{ curly braces @}} placed around the input. The braces
should also be surrounded by a space unless they are at the
-beginning or end of a line to avoid ambiguities. These may be
-omitted in some examples in this manual, but don't forget them in
-your own music!}
+beginning or end of a line to avoid ambiguities. The braces may
+be omitted in some examples in this manual, but don't forget them
+in your own music!}
@cindex Case sensitive
In addition, LilyPond input is @strong{case sensitive}. @code{
@item @strong{Whitespace insensitive}:
it does not matter how many spaces (or new lines) you add.
@code{@{ c d e @}} means the same thing as @code{@{ c @tie{}
-@tie{} @tie{} d e @}} and @example @{ c d e
-@} @end example
+@tie{} @tie{} d e @}} and
+
+@example
+@{ c d
+ e @}
+@end example
@noindent
Of course, the previous example is hard to read. A good rule of