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LILYPOND(1)			 User Commands			   LILYPOND(1)

NAME
       LilyPond - manual page for LilyPond 2.19.11

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--2014 by

	      Han-Wen  Nienhuys	 <hanwen@xs4all.nl>  Jan  Nieuwenhuizen	 <jan‐
	      neke@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 2.19.11		 February 2016			   LILYPOND(1)

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