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lilypond-book: manual page for lilypond-book 2.12.2

NAME

lilypond-book - manual page for lilypond-book 2.12.2

SYNOPSIS

lilypond-book [OPTION]... FILE

DESCRIPTION

Process LilyPond snippets in hybrid HTML, LaTeX, texinfo or DocBook document.

OPTIONS

-F, --filter=FILTER
pipe snippets through FILTER [default: `convert-ly -n -']
-f, --format=FORMAT
use output format FORMAT (texi [default], texi-html, latex, html, docbook)
-h, --help
show this help and exit
-I, --include=DIR
add DIR to include path
--info-images-dir=DIR
format Texinfo output so that Info will look for images of music in DIR
--latex-program=PROG
run executable PROG instead of latex
--left-padding=PAD
pad left side of music to align music inspite of uneven bar numbers (in mm)
-o, --output=DIR
write output to DIR
--skip-lily-check
do not fail if no lilypond output is found
--skip-png-check
do not fail if no PNG images are found for EPS files
--lily-output-dir=DIR
write lily-XXX files to DIR, link into --output dir
-P, --process=COMMAND
process ly_files using COMMAND FILE...
--pdf
create PDF files for use with PDFTeX
-V, --verbose
be verbose
--version
show version number and exit
-w, --warranty
show warranty and copyright

EXAMPLES

$ lilypond-book --filter="tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'" BOOK
$ lilypond-book -F "convert-ly --no-version --from=2.0.0 -" BOOK
$ lilypond-book --process='lilypond -I include' BOOK

REPORTING BUGS

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

SEE ALSO

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

should give you access to the complete manual.