ETF2LY(1)

ETF2LY(1) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for etf2ly, a LilyPond tool chilling in User Commands. The vibe check: it takes a slice of Finale's Enigma Transport Format and turns it into a LilyPond file. Let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

etf2ly — manual page for etf2ly (LilyPond) 2.26.0, no cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

etf2ly [OPTION]... ETF-FILE

bestie, that's literally the whole shape of it: options first, then the ETF-FILE 💖

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Enigma Transport Format is a format used by Coda Music Technology's Finale product. etf2ly converts a subset of ETF to a ready-to-use LilyPond file.

so yes, it's giving converter energy, but only for a subset of ETF — not the whole entire universe, periodt ✨

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

• -h, --help — show this help and exit. iconic little helper behavior 🫶
• --version — show version number and exit. quick lil version check, slay 💅
• -o, --output=FILE — write output to FILE. your destination file, your rules 🎀
• -w, --warranty — show warranty and copyright. the legal-ish lore drop 😭

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? don't suffer in silence, bestie. Report bugs via bug-lilypond@gnu.org 💌

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

The full documentation for etf2ly is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and etf2ly programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info etf2ly

should give you access to the complete manual. iykyk 🌟

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byeee bestie 🫶 — source/version: etf2ly (LilyPond) 2.26.0, date: May 2026. mwah 💋