doc questions

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

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>   Should the manual match 'UK' or 'USA' style?

USA

>   Under 'Metronome marks', should '\tempo duration = perminute' have 
> 'perminute' with a capital 'm' (or another syntax used) to indicate that it 
> is 2 words used to describe that paramater.

use per-minute

>   Should 'Single stem tremolos are _StemTremolo_s.' phrase be rewritten as 
> 'Single stem tremolos are _StemTremolo_ objects.' ?

yep.

>   Is there a preference to using decrescendo versus diminuendo?

no.

>   Should 'Ped' be 'Ped.'?

yep

>   Is 'autochanger' or 'auto changer' preferred/more correct? Discussion of my 
> previous 'autobeamer=auto beamer' change was brought up. I'm pretty sure 
> hyphenated is incorrect with auto, which leaves 2 choices if that is
> right.

together, then. An auto changer is a guy or device that switches cars,
I guess.  

>   'noteheads' or 'note heads' preferred?

note heads.

> **  Should 'prepending' be replaced with 'prefixing'?

good question. If prefixing reads naturally, then yes.

>   Should 'multiphony' be 'polyphony'? Could this apply for 'multivoice'?

this is Juergen's work, please I hope he will answer.  Although I find
the historical notes interesting, I wonder if the Notation manual is
the right place for this information.

>   Shouldn't 'backend' be hyphenated?

yep.

>   'piu' should have an accent over the 'u'; Do we try to avoid certain 
> characters in the docs?

no, typo.

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