@node Compiling a file
@subsection Compiling a file
-The first example demonstrates how to start working with LilyPond.
-To create sheet music, we write a text file that specifies the
-notation. For example, if we write:
+@qq{Compiling} is the term used for processing an input text file
+in LilyPond format to produce a file which can be printed and
+(optionally) a MIDI file which can be played. The first example
+shows what a simple input text file looks like.
@example
@{
@cindex phrasing slurs
@subheading Phrasing slurs
-Music Glossary: @rglos{phrasing}, @rglos{legato}.
+Music Glossary: @rglos{slurs}, @rglos{phrasing}.
Slurs to indicate longer @notation{phrasing} can be entered with
-@code{\(} and @code{\)}. You can have both @notation{legato}
-slurs and phrasing slurs at the same time, but you cannot have
-simultaneous legato slurs or simultaneous phrasing slurs.
+@code{\(} and @code{\)}. You can have both @notation{slurs}
+and phrasing slurs at the same time, but you cannot have
+simultaneous slurs or simultaneous phrasing slurs.
@lilypond[verbatim,quote,ragged-right,fragment,relative=2]
a8(\( ais b c) cis2 b'2 a4 cis,\)