LilyPond - manual page for LilyPond 2.18.2
lilypond [OPTION]... FILE...
Typeset music and/or produce MIDI from FILE.
LilyPond produces beautiful music notation. For more information,
see http://lilypond.org
- -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
- -l,
--loglevel=LOGLEVEL
- print log messages according to LOGLEVEL. Possible values are: NONE,
ERROR, WARNING, BASIC, PROGRESS, INFO (default) and DEBUG.
- -o,
--output=FILE
- write output to FILE (suffix will be added)
- --relocate
- relocate using directory of lilypond program
- -s, --silent
- no progress, only error messages (equivalent to loglevel=ERROR)
- -v, --version
- show version number and exit
- -V, --verbose
- be verbose (equivalent to loglevel=DEBUG)
- -w,
--warranty
- show warranty and copyright
Report bugs via
http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs
Copyright © 1996--2012 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.
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.