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NAME

6       lilypond-book - manual page for lilypond-book 2.19.83
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SYNOPSIS

9       lilypond-book [OPTION]... FILE
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DESCRIPTION

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

16       -F, --filter=FILTER
17              pipe snippets through FILTER [default: `convert-ly -n -']
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19       -f, --format=FORMAT
20              use output format  FORMAT  (texi  [default],  texi-html,  latex,
21              html, docbook)
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23       -h, --help
24              show this help and exit
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26       -I, --include=DIR
27              add DIR to include path
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29       --info-images-dir=DIR
30              format Texinfo output so that Info will look for images of music
31              in DIR
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33       --left-padding=PAD
34              pad left side of music to align music in  spite  of  uneven  bar
35              numbers (in mm)
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37       --lily-loglevel=LOGLEVEL
38              Print lilypond log messages according to LOGLEVEL
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40       --lily-output-dir=DIR
41              write lily-XXX files to DIR, link into --output dir
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43       --load-custom-package=PACKAGE
44              Load  the  additional  python  PACKAGE (containing e.g. a custom
45              output format)
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47       -l, --loglevel=LOGLEVEL
48              Print log messages according to LOGLEVEL (NONE, ERROR,  WARNING,
49              PROGRESS (default), DEBUG)
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51       -o, --output=DIR
52              write output to DIR
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54       -P, --process=COMMAND
55              process ly_files using COMMAND FILE...
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57       --redirect-lilypond-output
58              Redirect the lilypond output
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60       -s, --safe
61              Compile snippets in safe mode
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63       --skip-lily-check
64              do not fail if no lilypond output is found
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66       --skip-png-check
67              do not fail if no PNG images are found for EPS files
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69       --use-source-file-names
70              write  snippet  output  files  with  the same base name as their
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73       -V, --verbose
74              be verbose
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76       --version
77              show version number and exit
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79       -w, --warranty
80              show warranty and copyright
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82   Options only for the latex and texinfo backends:
83       --latex-program=PROG
84              run executable PROG instead of latex, or in case --pdf option is
85              set instead of pdflatex
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87       --texinfo-program=PROG
88              run executable PROG instead of texi2pdf
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90       --pdf  create PDF files for use with PDFTeX
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EXAMPLES

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

98       Report                             bugs                             via
99       http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs
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SEE ALSO

102       The full documentation for lilypond-book is  maintained  as  a  Texinfo
103       manual.   If the info and lilypond-book programs are properly installed
104       at your site, the command
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108       should give you access to the complete manual.
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112lilypond-book 2.19.83              July 2019                  LILYPOND-BOOK(1)