>> > Man page: abc2ly.1
>> > Issue: this help → a help screen
>> >
>> > "show this help and exit"
>>
>> What you suggest is not what GNU programs like `rm`, `ls`, or `dir`
>> do. I'm not going to change it for this reason.
>
> Ok. This again is a limitation of help2man.
No, it is not – in this case I'm simply following what prominent GNU
programs do (since LilyPond is a GNU project, too). I'm not a native
speaker (ich bin Wiener :-) and I trust that the US-maintainers of
those packages know what they do.
Werner