From: Graham Percival <graham@percival-music.ca>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 22:55:54 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: Clarify command-line options; thanks Fredric.
X-Git-Tag: release/2.11.11-1~40^2~2
X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6d575f3fd3a822e9446829ffad03dd8561afffb2;p=lilypond.git

Clarify command-line options; thanks Fredric.
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diff --git a/Documentation/user/running.itely b/Documentation/user/running.itely
index 0bd3042408..ff4af0cf17 100644
--- a/Documentation/user/running.itely
+++ b/Documentation/user/running.itely
@@ -94,11 +94,13 @@ on the command-line, and include
 at the top of the @code{.ly} file.
 
 @item -f,--format=@var{format}
-which formats should be written.  Choices are @code{svg}, @code{ps},
-@code{pdf}, @code{png}, @code{tex}, @code{dvi}.
+which formats should be written.  Choices for @code{format} are
+@code{svg}, @code{ps}, @code{pdf}, @code{png}, @code{tex}, @code{dvi}.
+
+Example: @code{lilypond -fpng filename.ly}
 
 @item -b,--backend=@var{format}
-the output format to use for the back-end.  Choices are
+the output format to use for the back-end.  Choices for @code{format} are
 @table @code
 @item tex
 for @TeX{} output, to be processed with La@TeX{}.  If present, the file
@@ -137,6 +139,8 @@ This mode is used by default by lilypond-book.
 @cindex Scheme dump
 @end table
 
+Example: @code{lilypond -bsvg filename.ly}
+
 @cindex output format, setting
 
 @item -d,--define-default=@var{var}=@var{val}