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NAME¶
LilyPond - manual page for LilyPond 2.24.4 (running Guile 2.2)
SYNOPSIS¶
lilypond [OPTION]... FILE...
DESCRIPTION¶
Typeset music and/or produce MIDI from FILE.
LilyPond produces beautiful music notation. For more information, see https://lilypond.org
OPTIONS¶
- -f, --formats=FORMATs
- dump FORMAT,... Also as separate options:
- generate PDF files (default)
- --svg
- generate SVG files
- --png
- generate PNG files
- --ps
- generate PostScript files
- -E, --eps
- generate Encapsulated PostScript files
- -O, --pspdfopt=KEY
- set ps/pdf optimization to KEY, which is either 'size' (default), 'TeX', or 'TeX-GS'
- -d, --define-default=SYM[=VAL]
- set Scheme option SYM to VAL (default: '#t')
- -d, --define-default=no-SYM
- set Scheme option SYM to '#f'
- -d, --define-default=help
- show help for Scheme options
- -e, --evaluate=EXPR
- evaluate scheme code
- -h, --help
- show this help and exit
- -H, --header=FIELD
- dump \header field FIELD to file named BASENAME.FIELD
- -I, --include=DIR
- append 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, which is either NONE, ERROR, WARNING, BASIC, PROGRESS, INFO (default), or DEBUG
- -o, --output=FILE
- write output to FILE (suffix will be added) or to FOLDER, in which case the file name will be taken from the input file.
- --relocate
- (ignored)
- -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
You found a bug? Please read https://lilypond.org/bug-reports.html
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 1996--2023 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.
| July 2024 | LilyPond 2.24.4 (running Guile 2.2) |