New alist to replace special characters.

Documentation/notation/notation-appendices.itely

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 @node Notation manual tables
 @appendix Notation manual tables
 
 @menu
 * Chord name chart::
 * Common chord modifiers::
 * Predefined string tunings::
 * Predefined fretboard diagrams::
 * MIDI instruments::
 * List of colors::
 * The Feta font::
 * Note head styles::
 * Text markup commands::
 * Text markup list commands::
+* List of special characters::
 * List of articulations::
 * Percussion notes::
 * Technical glossary::
 * All context properties::
 * Layout properties::
 * Available music functions::
 * Context modification identifiers::
 * Predefined type predicates::
 * Scheme functions::
 @end menu
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 @node Text markup list commands
 @appendixsec Text markup list commands
 
 The following commands can all be used with @code{\markuplines}:
 
 @include markup-list-commands.tely
 
 
+@node List of special characters
+@appendixsec List of special characters
+
+The following special characters references can be used;
+for more details, see @ref{ASCII aliases}.
+
+The HTML syntax is used and most of these references are the same as HTML.
+The rest of them are inspired by @LaTeX{}.
+
+The characters are boxed so that you can see their size.
+A small padding has been added between the character and the box
+for more readability.
+
+@lilypond[quote]
+\include "special-characters.ly"
+@end lilypond
+
+
 @node List of articulations
 @appendixsec List of articulations
 
 
 @cindex accent
 @cindex accentus
 @cindex circulus
 @cindex coda
 @cindex downbow
 @cindex downmordent
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 A @strong{glyph} is a particular graphical representation of a typographic
 character, or a combination of two characters formating a ligature.
 A set of glyphs with a single style and shape comprise a font, and
 a set of fonts covering several styles and sizes comprise a typeface.
 
 
 @seealso
 Notation Reference:
 @ref{Fonts},
-@ref{Text encoding}.
+@ref{Special characters}.
 
 
 @node grob
 @unnumberedsubsec grob
 
 @cindex grob
 @cindex layout objects
 @cindex graphical objects
 
 LilyPond objects which represent items of notation in the printed
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 @appendixsec Predefined type predicates
 
 @include type-predicates.tely
 
 
 @node Scheme functions
 @appendixsec Scheme functions
 
 @include scheme-functions.tely