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

NAME
       lilypond-book - manual page for lilypond-book 2.14.1

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 num‐
	      bers (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 2.14.1		   July 2011		      LILYPOND-BOOK(1)

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