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NAME

       Songwrite - A tablature editor

SYNTAX

       songwrite [<filename...>]
       songwrite --help
       songwrite --version
       songwrite --play [<filename...>]
       songwrite --playloop [<filename...>]
       songwrite --songbook <songbook_title> <song_filenames...>
       songwrite --convert <format> [--output <output_filename>] <filename>

DESCRIPTION

       Songwrite  is  a  tablature  (guitar partition) editor, with playing and printing ability.
       Songwrite is coded in Python and uses Tk (Tkinter); it relies on Timidity to play midi and
       on GNU Lilypond for printing.

OPTIONS

       --help Output help information and exit.

       --version
              Output version information and exit.

       --play <filename>
              Play <filename> and exit.

       --playloop <filename>
              Play <filename> in loop (stop it with C-c or kill).

       --songbook <songbook_filename> <songbook_title> <song_filenames...>
              Create a postcript songbook with the given title and songs.

       --convert <format> [--output <output_filename>] <filename>
              Opens  no window, and converts Songwrite file <filename> into <format>. <format> is
              one of: lilypond, latex, ps, asciitab,  midi.  <output_filename>  is  deduced  from
              <filename> and <format> if not given.  Several --convert can be given. Use --output
              - for STDOUT (not available for ps).

FILES

       ~/.songwrite

AUTHORS

       Jiba (Lamy Jean-Baptiste) <jiba@tuxfamily.org>