Guide, node Updating translation committishes..
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-@c \version "2.12.0"
+@c \version "2.14.0"
@node External programs
@chapter External programs
for representing music notation.
@command{musicxml2ly} extracts the notes, articulations, score structure,
-lyrics, etc. from part-wise MusicXML files, and writes them to a .ly
+lyrics, etc. from part-wise MusicXML files, and writes them to a @file{.ly}
file. It is invoked from the command-line.
print usage and option summary.
@item -l, --language=LANG
-use a different language file 'LANG.ly' and corresponding pitch names,
-e.g. 'deutsch' for deutsch.ly and German note names.
+use LANG for pitch names, e.g. 'deutsch' for note names in German.
@item --lxml
use the lxml.etree Python package for XML-parsing; uses less memory and cpu time.
@{ c1 @}
@end example
-To produce a useful @file{EPS} file, use
+To produce useful image files:
@example
-lilypond -dbackend=eps -dno-gs-load-fonts -dinclude-eps-fonts myfile.ly
+EPS
+
+lilypond -dbackend=eps -dno-gs-load-fonts -dinclude-eps-fonts myfile.ly
+
+PNG
-@file{PNG}:
lilypond -dbackend=eps -dno-gs-load-fonts -dinclude-eps-fonts --png myfile.ly
+
+A transparent PNG
+
+lilypond -dbackend=eps -dno-gs-load-fonts -dinclude-eps-fonts \
+ -dpixmap-format=pngalpha --png myfile.ly
@end example