LILYPOND-BOOK(1)						   User Commands						  LILYPOND-BOOK(1)

NAME

       lilypond-book - manual page for lilypond-book 2.14.2

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-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)

       -o, --output=DIR
	      write output to DIR

       -P, --process=COMMAND
	      process ly_files using COMMAND FILE...

       -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

       --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.

lilypond-book 2.14.2						   February 2013						  LILYPOND-BOOK(1)