lilypond (1) Linux Manual Page

NAME

LilyPond – manual page for LilyPond 2.12.2

SYNOPSIS

lilypond [OPTION]… FILE…

DESCRIPTION

Typeset music and/or produce MIDI from FILE.

LilyPond produces beautiful music notation. For more information, see http://lilypond.org

OPTIONS

-d, –define-default=SYM[=VAL]

set Scheme option SYM to VAL (default: #t). Use -dhelp for help.

-e, –evaluate=EXPR

evaluate scheme code

-f, –formats=FORMATs

dump FORMAT,… Also as separate options:

–pdf

generate PDF (default)

–png

generate PNG

–ps

generate PostScript

-h, –help

show this help and exit

-H, –header=FIELD

dump header field FIELD to file named BASENAME.FIELD

-I, –include=DIR

add DIR to search path

-i, –init=FILE

use FILE as init file

-j, –jail=USER, GROUP, JAIL, DIR

chroot to JAIL, become USER:GROUP and cd into DIR

-o, –output=FILE

write output to FILE (suffix will be added)

–relocate

relocate using directory of lilypond program

-v, –version

show version number and exit

-V, –verbose

be verbose

-w, –warranty

show warranty and copyright

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs via http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1996–2009 by
  Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen [at] xs4all.nl>
  Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke [at] gnu.org>
  and others.

This program is free software. It is covered by the GNU General Public License and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Invoke as `lilypond –warranty‘ for more information.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for LilyPond is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and LilyPond programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info LilyPond

should give you access to the complete manual.

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