lilypond1
Manual page for lilypond 2.26.0 (running guile 3.0)
Usage
lilypond [OPTION] ...
FILE ...
Overview
Typeset music and/or produce MIDI from FILE.
LilyPond produces beautiful music notation. For more information, see https://lilypond.org
Options
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-f, --formats=FORMATs -
dump FORMAT,... Also as separate options:
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--pdf -
generate PDF files (default)
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--svg -
generate SVG files
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--png -
generate PNG files
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--ps -
generate PostScript files
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-E, --eps -
generate Encapsulated PostScript files
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-O, --pspdfopt=KEY -
set ps/pdf optimization to KEY, which is either 'size' (default), 'TeX', or 'TeX-GS'
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-d, --define-default=SYM[=VAL] -
set Scheme option SYM to VAL (default: '#t')
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-d, --define-default=no-SYM -
set Scheme option SYM to '#f'
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-d, --define-default=help -
show help for Scheme options
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-e, --evaluate=EXPR -
evaluate scheme code
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-h, --help -
show this help and exit
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-H, --header=FIELD -
dump \header field FIELD to file named BASENAME.FIELD
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-I, --include=DIR -
append DIR to search path
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-i, --init=FILE -
use FILE as init file
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-j, --jail=USER,GROUP,JAIL,DIR -
chroot to JAIL, become USER:GROUP and cd into DIR
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-l, --loglevel=LOGLEVEL -
print log messages according to LOGLEVEL, which is either NONE, ERROR, WARN, BASIC, PROGRESS, INFO (default), or DEBUG
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-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.
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--relocate -
(ignored)
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-s, --silent -
no progress, only error messages (equivalent to
--loglevel=ERROR)
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-v, --version -
show version number and exit
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-V, --verbose -
be verbose (equivalent to
--loglevel=DEBUG)
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-w, --warranty -
show warranty and copyright
You found a bug? Please read https://lilypond.org/bug-reports.html
Top-level directory of LilyPond's data tree:
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'/usr/share/lilypond/2.26.0'
Releases
15 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 14 times.
--define-default since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--eps since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--evaluate since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--formats since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--header since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--help since Debian 2.1 (Slink);
--init since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--jail since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--loglevel since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--pdf since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--png since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--ps since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--pspdfopt since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--relocate since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--silent since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--svg since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
--verbose since Debian 3.0 (Woody);
--version since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--warranty since Debian 2.1 (Slink);
-E since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-H since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-O since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-V since Debian 2.1 (Slink);
-d since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-e since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-f since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
-h since Debian 2.1 (Slink);
-i since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-j since Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-l since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-s since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-v since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
-w since Debian 2.1 (Slink).
--backend until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
--debug until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--dep-prefix until Debian 3.0 (Woody);
--dependencies until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--dvi until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
--find-fourths until Debian 2.1 (Slink);
--find-old-relative until Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--find-pfa until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--format until Debian 3.0 (Woody);
--html until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--ignore-version until Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--keep until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--midi until Debian 2.1 (Slink);
--no-lily until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--no-paper until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--no-pdf until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--no-print until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
--no-ps until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--no-timestamps until Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--output-format until Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--pdftex until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--postscript until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--preview until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
--preview-resolution until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--psgz until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--safe until Debian 3.0 (Woody);
--safe-mode until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
--set until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--test until Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--tex until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-D until Debian 2.1 (Slink);
-M until Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-P until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-Q until Debian 2.2 (Potato);
-S until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-T until Debian 2.2 (Potato);
-b until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-k until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-m until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-p until Debian 5.0 (Lenny);
-t until Debian 2.2 (Potato).