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>