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.TH LILYPOND "1" "September 1999" "GNU LilyPond 1.2.6." FSF
.SH NAME
LilyPond \- manual page for LilyPond 1.2.6.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B LilyPond
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Typeset music and or play MIDI from FILE.
.PP
LilyPond is a music typesetter.  It produces beautiful sheet music
using a high level description file as input.  LilyPond is part of 
the GNU Project.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-o\fR,--output=BASENAME
write output to BASENAME[-x].extension
.TP
\fB\-w\fR,--warranty
show warranty and copyright
.TP
\fB\-h\fR,--help
this help
.TP
\fB\-t\fR,--test
switch on experimental features
.TP
\fB\-d\fR,--debug
enable debugging output
.TP
\fB\-i\fR,--init=FILE
use FILE as init file
.TP
\fB\-I\fR,--include=DIR
add DIR to search path
.TP
\fB\-m\fR,--no-paper
produce midi output only
.TP
\fB\-M\fR,--dependencies
write Makefile dependencies for every input file
.TP
\fB\-T\fR,--no-timestamps
don't timestamp the output
.TP
\fB\-Q\fR,--find-old-relative
show all changes in relative syntax
.TP
\fB\-V\fR,--ignore-version
ignore mudela version
.TP
\fB\-v\fR,--version
print version number
.TP
\fB\-f\fR,--output-format=EXT
use output format EXT
.TP
\fB\-s\fR,--safe
inhibit file output naming and exporting
.PP
This binary was compiled with the following options: datadir =/users/hanwen/usr/share/lilypond
localedir =/users/hanwen/usr/share/locale
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to bug-gnu-music@gnu.org
Oldest supported input version: 1.1.52
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B LilyPond
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B LilyPond
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info LilyPond
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.
.PP
This 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 undercertain conditions.  Invoke as `lilypond --warranty' for more information.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 1996--1999 byHan-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@cs.uu.nl>
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>