lilypond-book1

Usage

Overview

Process LilyPond snippets in hybrid HTML, LaTeX, texinfo or DocBook document.

Options

-F, --filter=FILTER

pipe snippets through FILTER [default: `convert-ly -n -']

-f, --format=FORMAT

use output format FORMAT (texi [default], texi-html, latex, html, docbook)

-h, --help

show this help and exit

-I, --include=DIR

add DIR to include path

--info-images-dir=DIR

format Texinfo output so that Info will look for images of music in DIR

--left-padding=PAD

set minimum distance between left margin and staff to PAD (in mm) [default: 3.0]

--lily-loglevel=LOGLEVEL

print lilypond log messages according to LOGLEVEL [default: none]

--lily-output-dir=DIR

write lily-XXX files to DIR, link into --output dir

-l, --loglevel=LOGLEVEL

print log messages according to LOGLEVEL (NONE, ERROR, WARN, PROGRESS [default], DEBUG)

-o, --output=DIR

write output to DIR

-P, --process=COMMAND

process ly_files using COMMAND FILE...

--redirect-lilypond-output

redirect lilypond output messages to log files

-s, --safe

removed; using this option results in an error

--skip-lily-check

do not fail if no lilypond output is found

--skip-png-check

do not fail if no PNG images are found for EPS files

--use-source-file-names

write snippet output files with the same base name as their source file

-V, --verbose

be verbose

--version

show version number and exit

-w, --warranty

show warranty and copyright

Examples

$ lilypond-book --format=latex --pdf FILE
$ lilypond-book --process='lilypond -I include' FILE
$ lilypond-book -F "convert-ly --no-version --from=2.0.0 -" FILE