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 @node Preface
 @unnumbered Preface
 
 
 It must have been during a rehearsal of the EJE (Eindhoven Youth
-Orchestra), somewhere in 1995 that Jan, one of the cranked violists
+Orchestra), somewhere in 1995 that Jan, one of the cranked violists,
 told Han-Wen, one of the distorted French horn players, about the
 grand new project he was working on.  It was an automated system for
 printing music (to be precise, it was MPP, a preprocessor for
@@ -20,8 +29,8 @@ In some ways, developing a computer program is like learning to play
 an instrument.  In the beginning, discovering how it works is fun, and
 the things you cannot do are challenging.  After the initial excitement,
 you have to practice and practice.  Scales and studies can be dull, and
-if you are not motivated by others---teachers, conductors or
-audience---it is very tempting to give up.  You continue, and gradually
+if you are not motivated by others -- teachers, conductors or
+audience -- it is very tempting to give up.  You continue, and gradually
 playing becomes a part of your life.  Some days it comes naturally, and
 it is wonderful, and on some days it just does not work, but you keep
 playing, day after day.
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 Utrecht/Eindhoven, The Netherlands, July 2002.
 
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-@node Notes for version 2.4
-@unnumberedsec Notes for version 2.4
-
-The most important developments in 2.4 are related.  In LilyPond 2.4
-@TeX{} is no longer strictly necessary to engrave music.  This is
-because LilyPond can now also layout pages and determine page breaks.
-Another notable feature is the syntax, which has been simplified even
-further compared to previous versions.
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-Han-Wen and Jan
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-Utrecht/Eindhoven, The Netherlands, September 2004.