.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.47.4. .TH LILYPOND-BOOK "1" "July 2024" "lilypond-book 2.24.4" "User Commands" .SH NAME lilypond-book \- manual page for lilypond-book 2.24.4 .SH SYNOPSIS .B lilypond-book [\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... \fI\,FILE\/\fR .SH DESCRIPTION Process LilyPond snippets in hybrid HTML, LaTeX, texinfo or DocBook document. .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-filter\fR=\fI\,FILTER\/\fR pipe snippets through FILTER [default: `convert\-ly \fB\-n\fR \-'] .TP \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-format\fR=\fI\,FORMAT\/\fR use output format FORMAT (texi [default], texi\-html, latex, html, docbook) .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR show this help and exit .TP \fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-include\fR=\fI\,DIR\/\fR add DIR to include path .TP \fB\-\-info\-images\-dir\fR=\fI\,DIR\/\fR format Texinfo output so that Info will look for images of music in DIR .TP \fB\-\-left\-padding\fR=\fI\,PAD\/\fR pad left side of music to align music in spite of uneven bar numbers (in mm) [default: 3.0] .TP \fB\-\-lily\-loglevel\fR=\fI\,LOGLEVEL\/\fR print lilypond log messages according to LOGLEVEL [default: none] .TP \fB\-\-lily\-output\-dir\fR=\fI\,DIR\/\fR write lily\-XXX files to DIR, link into \fB\-\-output\fR dir .TP \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-loglevel\fR=\fI\,LOGLEVEL\/\fR print log messages according to LOGLEVEL (NONE, ERROR, WARNING, PROGRESS [default], DEBUG) .TP \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fI\,DIR\/\fR write output to DIR .TP \fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-process\fR=\fI\,COMMAND\/\fR process ly_files using COMMAND FILE... .TP \fB\-\-redirect\-lilypond\-output\fR redirect the lilypond output .TP \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-safe\fR removed; using this option results in an error .TP \fB\-\-skip\-lily\-check\fR do not fail if no lilypond output is found .TP \fB\-\-skip\-png\-check\fR do not fail if no PNG images are found for EPS files .TP \fB\-\-use\-source\-file\-names\fR write snippet output files with the same base name as their source file .TP \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR be verbose .TP \fB\-\-version\fR show version number and exit .TP \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-warranty\fR show warranty and copyright .SS "Options only for the latex and texinfo backends:" .TP \fB\-\-latex\-program\fR=\fI\,PROG\/\fR run executable PROG instead of latex or, in case \fB\-\-pdf\fR option is set, instead of pdflatex .TP \fB\-\-texinfo\-program\fR=\fI\,PROG\/\fR run executable PROG instead of texi2pdf .TP \fB\-\-pdf\fR create PDF files for use with pdftex .SH EXAMPLES .IP \f(CW$ lilypond-book --filter="tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'" BOOK\fR .br \f(CW$ lilypond-book -F "convert-ly --no-version --from=2.0.0 -" BOOK\fR .br \f(CW$ lilypond-book --process='lilypond -I include' BOOK\fR .SH "REPORTING BUGS" Report bugs via bug\-lilypond@gnu.org .SH "SEE ALSO" The full documentation for .B lilypond-book is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the .B info and .B lilypond-book programs are properly installed at your site, the command .IP .B info lilypond-book .PP should give you access to the complete manual.