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NAME
       LilyPond - manual page for LilyPond 2.12.3

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

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

       --relocate
              relocate using directory of lilypond program

       -v, --version
              show version number and exit

       -V, --verbose
              be verbose

       -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--2009 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 2.12.3                   August 2010                      LILYPOND(1)

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