NAME
LilyPond - manual page for LilyPond 2.12.3
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 (C) 1996--2009 by
Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@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.