NAME

       LilyPond - manual page for LilyPond 2.18.2

SYNOPSIS

       lilypond [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION

       Typeset music and/or produce MIDI from FILE.

       LilyPond produces beautiful music notation.  For more information, see http://lilypond.org

OPTIONS

       -d, --define-default=SYM[=VAL]
              set Scheme option SYM to VAL (default: #t).  Use -dhelp for help.

       -e, --evaluate=EXPR
              evaluate scheme code

       -f, --formats=FORMATs
              dump FORMAT,...  Also as separate options:

       --pdf  generate PDF (default)

       --png  generate PNG

       --ps   generate PostScript

       -h, --help
              show this help and exit

       -H, --header=FIELD
              dump header field FIELD to file named BASENAME.FIELD

       -I, --include=DIR
              add DIR to search path

       -i, --init=FILE
              use FILE as init file

       -j, --jail=USER, GROUP, JAIL, DIR
              chroot to JAIL, become USER:GROUP and cd into DIR

       -l, --loglevel=LOGLEVEL
              print  log  messages  according  to  LOGLEVEL.   Possible values are: NONE, ERROR, WARNING, BASIC,
              PROGRESS, INFO (default) and DEBUG.

       -o, --output=FILE
              write output to FILE (suffix will be added)

       --relocate
              relocate using directory of lilypond program

       -s, --silent
              no progress, only error messages (equivalent to loglevel=ERROR)

       -v, --version
              show version number and exit

       -V, --verbose
              be verbose (equivalent to loglevel=DEBUG)

       -w, --warranty
              show warranty and copyright

REPORTING BUGS

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

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 1996--2012 by

              Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl> Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> and others.

       This program is free software.  It is covered by the GNU General Public License and you  are  welcome  to
       change  it  and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.  Invoke as `lilypond --warranty' for
       more information.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for LilyPond is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and LilyPond programs
       are properly installed at your site, the command

              info LilyPond

       should give you access to the complete manual.

LilyPond 2.18.2                                   January 2016                                       LILYPOND(1)