NAME

       lilypond-book - manual page for lilypond-book 2.16.2

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 inspite of uneven bar numbers (in mm)

       --lily-loglevel=LOGLEVEL
              Print lilypond log messages according to LOGLEVEL

       --lily-output-dir=DIR
              write lily-XXX files to DIR, link into --output dir

       --load-custom-package=PACKAGE
              Load the additional python PACKAGE (containing e.g. a custom output format)

       -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
              Compile snippets in safe mode

       --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  http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs

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.