lilypond - manual page for LilyPond 2.25.25 (running Guile 3.0)

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS COPYRIGHT SEE ALSO

NAME

LilyPond − manual page for LilyPond 2.25.25 (running Guile 3.0)

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:

	−−pdf		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, WARN, 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

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.