lilypond-book robustness: ensure EOL at the end of @verbatim

[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
@@ -1673,12 +1673,12 @@ and @code{\tweak} may be used to modify any single occurrence of
 these items.
 
 Notably the @code{\tweak} command cannot be used to modify stems,
-beams or accidentals, since these are generated later by note heads,
-rather than by music elements in the input stream.  Nor can a
-@code{\tweak} command be used to modify clefs or time signatures,
-since these become separated from any preceding @code{\tweak}
-command in the input stream by the automatic insertion of extra
-elements required to specify the context.
+beams or accidentals directly, since these are generated later by
+note heads, rather than by music elements in the input stream.
+Nor can a @code{\tweak} command be used to modify clefs or time
+signatures, since these become separated from any preceding
+@code{\tweak} command in the input stream by the automatic
+insertion of extra elements required to specify the context.
 
 But the @code{\tweak} command can be used as an alternative to
 the @code{\override} command to modify those notational elements
@@ -1951,6 +1951,15 @@ indicator is @strong{always} required before
 @item articulation shortcuts, e.g. @code{-.}, @code{->}, @code{--}
 @end itemize
 
+These indications affect only the next note.
+
+@lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=2]
+c2( c)
+c2_( c)
+c2( c)
+c2^( c)
+@end lilypond
+
 @strong{The direction property}
 
 The position or direction of many layout objects is controlled
@@ -1988,6 +1997,17 @@ TrillPitchAccidental - not tried
 TrillPitchGroup - not tried
 @end ignore
 
+These indications affect all notes until they are cancelled.
+
+@lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=2]
+c2( c)
+\slurDown
+c2( c)
+c2( c)
+\slurNeutral
+c2( c)
+@end lilypond
+
 
 
 @node Distances and measurements
@@ -3261,6 +3281,11 @@ Notation Reference:
 @node Modifying ties and slurs
 @unnumberedsubsubsec Modifying ties and slurs
 
+@cindex slurs, modifying
+@cindex ties, modifying
+@cindex Bézier curves
+@cindex Bézier control points
+
 Ties, slurs and phrasing slurs are drawn as third-order Bézier
 curves.  If the shape of the tie or slur which is calculated
 automatically is not optimum, the shape may be modified manually by
@@ -3309,13 +3334,16 @@ scaling can be achieved by applying the same transformation to the
 curve's control points.
 
 For the example above the following override gives a satisfactory
-tie:
+tie.  Note the placement -- it has to be immediately before the note
+to which the start of the tie (or slur) is attached.
 
 @lilypond[verbatim,quote,relative=1]
 <<
-  \once \override Tie
-    #'control-points = #'((1 . -1) (3 . 0.6) (12.5 . 0.6) (14.5 . -1))
-  { e1 ~ e1 }
+  {
+    \once \override Tie
+      #'control-points = #'((1 . -1) (3 . 0.6) (12.5 . 0.6) (14.5 . -1))
+     e1 ~ e1
+  }
 \\
   { r4 <g c,> <g c,> <g c,>4  }
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