bionic (1) songwrite.1.gz

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>