ly.cli package
**************


Module contents
===============

The commandline interface of the 'ly' command.


Submodules
==========


ly.cli.command module
=====================

The commands that are available to the command line.

class ly.cli.command.abs2rel

   Bases: "_edit_command"

   convert absolute music to relative

   run(opts, cursor, output)

class ly.cli.command.highlight(output=None)

   Bases: "_export_command"

   write syntax colored HTML.

   run(opts, cursor, output)

ly.cli.command.hl

   alias of "highlight"

class ly.cli.command.indent

   Bases: "_edit_command"

   run the indenter

   indenter(opts)

      Get a ly.indent.Indenter initialized with our options.

   run(opts, cursor, output)

class ly.cli.command.language

   Bases: "_info_command"

   print language to stdout

   get_info(info)

      Should return the desired information from the docinfo object.

      If it returns None or an empty string, nothing is printed.

class ly.cli.command.mode

   Bases: "_info_command"

   print mode to stdout

   get_info(info)

      Should return the desired information from the docinfo object.

      If it returns None or an empty string, nothing is printed.

class ly.cli.command.musicxml(output=None)

   Bases: "_export_command"

   run(opts, cursor, output)

class ly.cli.command.reformat

   Bases: "indent"

   reformat the document

   run(opts, cursor, output)

class ly.cli.command.rel2abs

   Bases: "_edit_command"

   convert relative music to absolute

   run(opts, cursor, output)

class ly.cli.command.set_variable(arg)

   Bases: "_command"

   set a variable to a value

   run(opts, cursor, output)

class ly.cli.command.simplify_accidentals

   Bases: "_edit_command"

   replace notes with accidentals as much as possible with their
   natural neighbors

   run(opts, cursor, output)

class ly.cli.command.translate(language)

   Bases: "_edit_command"

   translate pitch names

   run(opts, cursor, output)

class ly.cli.command.transpose(arg)

   Bases: "_edit_command"

   transpose music

   run(opts, cursor, output)

class ly.cli.command.version

   Bases: "_info_command"

   print version to stdout

   get_info(info)

      Should return the desired information from the docinfo object.

      If it returns None or an empty string, nothing is printed.

class ly.cli.command.write(output=None)

   Bases: "_command"

   write the source file.

   run(opts, cursor, output)


ly.cli.main module
==================

The entry point for the 'ly' command.

class ly.cli.main.Options

   Bases: "object"

   Store all the startup options and their defaults.

   set_variable(name, value)

class ly.cli.main.Output

   Bases: "object"

   Object living for a whole file/command operation, handling the
   output.

   When opening a file it has already opened earlier, the file is
   appended to (like awk).

   file(opts, filename, encoding)

      Return a context manager for writing to.

      If you set encoding to "binary" or False, the file is opened in
      binary mode and you should encode the data you write yourself.

   get_filename(opts, filename)

      Queries the output attribute from the Options and returns it.

      If replace_pattern is True (by default) and the attribute
      contains a '*', it is replaced with the full path of the
      specified filename, but without extension. It the attribute
      contains a '?', it is replaced with the filename without path
      and extension.

      If '-' is returned, it denotes standard output.

ly.cli.main.die(message)

   Exit with message to STDERR.

ly.cli.main.load(filename, encoding, mode)

   Load a file, returning a ly.document.Document

ly.cli.main.main()

ly.cli.main.parse_command(arg)

   Parse the command string, returning a list of command.command
   instances.

   Exits when a command is invalid.

ly.cli.main.parse_command_line()

   Return a three-tuple(options, commands, files).

   options is an Options instance with all the command-line options
   commands is a list of command.command instances files is the list
   of filename arguments

   Also performs error handling and may exit on certain circumstances.

ly.cli.main.usage()

   Print usage info.

ly.cli.main.usage_short()

   Print short usage info.

ly.cli.main.version()

   Print version info.
