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6 LilyPond - manual page for LilyPond 2.14.2
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9 lilypond [OPTION]... FILE...
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12 Typeset music and/or produce MIDI from FILE.
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14 LilyPond produces beautiful music notation. For more information, see
15 http://lilypond.org
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18 -d, --define-default=SYM[=VAL]
19 set Scheme option SYM to VAL (default: #t). Use -dhelp for
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22 -e, --evaluate=EXPR
23 evaluate scheme code
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25 -f, --formats=FORMATs
26 dump FORMAT,... Also as separate options:
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28 --pdf generate PDF (default)
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34 -h, --help
35 show this help and exit
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37 -H, --header=FIELD
38 dump header field FIELD to file named BASENAME.FIELD
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40 -I, --include=DIR
41 add DIR to search path
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43 -i, --init=FILE
44 use FILE as init file
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46 -j, --jail=USER, GROUP, JAIL, DIR
47 chroot to JAIL, become USER:GROUP and cd into DIR
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50 write output to FILE (suffix will be added)
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52 --relocate
53 relocate using directory of lilypond program
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55 -v, --version
56 show version number and exit
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58 -V, --verbose
59 be verbose
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61 -w, --warranty
62 show warranty and copyright
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69 Copyright © 1996--2011 by
70 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
71 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
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74 This program is free software. It is covered by the GNU General Public
75 License and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it
76 under certain conditions. Invoke as `lilypond --warranty' for more
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80 The full documentation for LilyPond is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
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