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

-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

REPORTING BUGS

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

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1996--2012 by

Han-Wen Nienhuys <[email protected]> Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[email protected]> 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.