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

NAME
       lilypond-book - manual page for lilypond-book 2.25.23

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
	      set  minimum  distance  between left margin and staff to PAD (in
	      mm) [default: 3.0]

       --lily-loglevel=LOGLEVEL
	      print lilypond log  messages  according  to  LOGLEVEL  [default:
	      none]

       --lily-output-dir=DIR
	      write lily-XXX files to DIR, link	into --output dir

       -l, --loglevel=LOGLEVEL
	      print  log  messages  according  to LOGLEVEL (NONE, ERROR, WARN,
	      PROGRESS [default], DEBUG)

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

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

       --redirect-lilypond-output
	      redirect lilypond	output messages	to log files

       -s, --safe
	      removed; using this option results in an error

       --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:
       --pdf  create PDF files for use with pdftex

   Options only	for the	latex backend:
       --inline-vshift=VSHIFT
	      shift inline images vertically by	VSHIFT (a factor of an image's
	      height) [default:	-0.3]

       --latex-program=PROG
	      run executable PROG instead of latex or, in case --pdf option is
	      set, instead of pdflatex

   Options only	for the	texinfo	backend:
       --texinfo-program=PROG
	      run executable PROG instead of texi2pdf

EXAMPLES
	      $	lilypond-book --format=latex --pdf FILE
	      $	lilypond-book --process='lilypond -I include' FILE
	      $	lilypond-book -F "convert-ly --no-version --from=2.0.0 -" FILE

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs via bug-lilypond@gnu.org

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 2.25.23		   May 2025		      LILYPOND-BOOK(1)

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