+2003-07-05 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
+
+ * Documentation/user/tutorial.itely: Edit introduction.
+
2003-07-05 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@cs.uu.nl>
* lily/staff-symbol-referencer.cc (LY_DEFINE): add
* Integrating text and music:: Integrating text and music
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-Operating is done through text files: To print a piece of music, you
-enter the music in a file. When LilyPond is run (normally using the
-program @code{ly2dvi}) on that file, another file containing formatted
-sheet music, is produced. That file may be printed or viewed.
-
-This tutorial starts with a small introduction to the LilyPond music
-language. After this first contact, we will show which commands to
-run to produce printed output, so you should then be able to create
-your first sheets of music. When starting out, it will be convenient
-to print out
+Printing music with LilyPond is a two step process. First, the music
+to be printed is described in a text file. After that, LilyPond reads
+this @emph{input file} that describes the music and produces an
+@emph{output file} that can be printed or viewed.
+
+This tutorial starts with a short introduction to the LilyPond music
+language. After this first contact, we will show you how to to
+produce printed output, normally using the program @code{ly2dvi}. You
+should then be able to create and print your first sheets of music.
+Before starting out, it will be convenient for you to print
@ifhtml
the
@end ifhtml
-@ref{Cheat sheet}, which is a table listing all commands for
-convenient reference.
+@ref{Cheat sheet}, which is a table listing all commands for quick
+reference.