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6 LilyPond - manual page for LilyPond 2.19.82
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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 -f, --formats=FORMATs
19 dump FORMAT,... Also as separate options:
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21 --pdf generate PDF files (default)
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23 --png generate PNG files
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27 -E, --eps
28 generate Encapsulated PostScript files
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30 -O, --pspdfopt=KEY
31 set ps/pdf optimization to KEY (default: size) KEY is either
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34 -d, --define-default=SYM[=VAL]
35 set Scheme option SYM to VAL (default: #t). Use -dhelp for
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38 -e, --evaluate=EXPR
39 evaluate scheme code
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41 -h, --help
42 show this help and exit
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44 -H, --header=FIELD
45 dump header field FIELD to file named BASENAME.FIELD
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47 -I, --include=DIR
48 add DIR to search path
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50 -i, --init=FILE
51 use FILE as init file
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53 -j, --jail=USER, GROUP, JAIL, DIR
54 chroot to JAIL, become USER:GROUP and cd into DIR
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56 -l, --loglevel=LOGLEVEL
57 print log messages according to LOGLEVEL. Possible values are:
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60 -o, --output=FILE
61 write output to FILE (suffix will be added)
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63 --relocate
64 relocate using directory of lilypond program
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66 -s, --silent
67 no progress, only error messages (equivalent to loglevel=ERROR)
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70 show version number and exit
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73 be verbose (equivalent to loglevel=DEBUG)
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75 -w, --warranty
76 show warranty and copyright
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78 You found a bug? Please read http://lilypond.org/bug-reports.html
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81 Copyright © 1996--2015 by
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83 Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl> Jan Nieuwenhuizen <jan‐
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86 This program is free software. It is covered by the GNU General Public
87 License and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it
88 under certain conditions. Invoke as `lilypond --warranty' for more
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92 The full documentation for LilyPond is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
93 If the info and LilyPond programs are properly installed at your site,
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