LILYPOND-BOOK(1)                 User Commands                LILYPOND-BOOK(1)

NAME
       lilypond-book - manual page for lilypond-book 2.24.3

SYNOPSIS
       lilypond-book [OPTION]... FILE

DESCRIPTION
       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
              pad left side of music to align music in spite of uneven bar
              numbers (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, WARNING,
              PROGRESS [default], DEBUG)

       -o, --output=DIR
              write output to DIR

       -P, --process=COMMAND
              process ly_files using COMMAND FILE...

       --redirect-lilypond-output
              redirect the lilypond output

       -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

   Options only for the latex and texinfo backends:
       --latex-program=PROG
              run executable PROG instead of latex or, in case --pdf option is
              set, instead of pdflatex

       --texinfo-program=PROG
              run executable PROG instead of texi2pdf

       --pdf  create PDF files for use with pdftex

EXAMPLES
              $ lilypond-book --filter="tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'" BOOK
              $ lilypond-book -F "convert-ly --no-version --from=2.0.0 -" BOOK
              $ lilypond-book --process='lilypond -I include' BOOK

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs via bug-lilypond@gnu.org

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for lilypond-book is maintained as a Texinfo
       manual.  If the info and lilypond-book programs are properly installed
       at your site, the command

              info lilypond-book

       should give you access to the complete manual.

lilypond-book 2.24.3              April 2024                  LILYPOND-BOOK(1)