NAME

lilypond-book - manual page for lilypond-book 2.25.23

SYNOPSIS

lilypond-book [OPTION]... FILE

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

-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: set minimum distance between left margin and staff to PAD (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, WARN, PROGRESS [default], DEBUG)
-o, --output=DIR: write output to DIR
-P, --process=COMMAND: process ly_files using COMMAND FILE...
--redirect-lilypond-output: redirect lilypond output messages to log files
-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

--inline-vshift=VSHIFT: shift inline images vertically by VSHIFT (a factor of an image's height) [default: -0.3]
--latex-program=PROG: run executable PROG instead of latex or, in case --pdf option is set, instead of pdflatex

: $ lilypond-book --format=latex --pdf FILE
$ lilypond-book --process='lilypond -I include' FILE
$ lilypond-book -F "convert-ly --no-version --from=2.0.0 -" FILE

Report bugs via bug-lilypond@gnu.org