.TH "Songwrite" "1" "0.10" "Jiba (Lamy Jean-Baptiste)" "" .SH "NAME" .LP Songwrite \- A tablature editor .SH "SYNTAX" .LP songwrite [<\fIfilename...\fP>] .br songwrite \fI\-\-help\fP .br songwrite \fI\-\-version\fP .br songwrite \fI\-\-play\fP [<\fIfilename...\fP>] .br songwrite \fI\-\-playloop\fP [<\fIfilename...\fP>] .br songwrite \fI\-\-songbook\fP <\fIsongbook_title\fP> <\fIsong_filenames...\fP> .br songwrite \fI\-\-convert\fP <\fIformat\fP> [\-\-output <\fIoutput_filename\fP>] <\fIfilename\fP> .SH "DESCRIPTION" .LP 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. .SH "OPTIONS" .LP .TP \fB\-\-help\fR Output help information and exit. .TP \fB\-\-version\fR Output version information and exit. .TP \fB\-\-play <\fIfilename\fP>\fR Play <\fIfilename\fP> and exit. .TP \fB\-\-playloop <\fIfilename\fP>\fR Play <\fIfilename\fP> in loop (stop it with C\-c or kill). .TP \fB\-\-songbook <\fIsongbook_filename\fP> <\fIsongbook_title\fP> <\fIsong_filenames...\fP> \fR Create a postcript songbook with the given title and songs. .TP \fB\-\-convert\fR <\fIformat\fP> [\-\-output <\fIoutput_filename\fP>] <\fIfilename\fP> Opens no window, and converts Songwrite file <\fIfilename\fP> into <\fIformat\fP>. <\fIformat\fP> is one of: lilypond, latex, ps, asciitab, midi. <\fIoutput_filename\fP> is deduced from <\fIfilename\fP> and <\fIformat\fP> if not given. Several \fB\-\-convert\fR can be given. Use \fB\-\-output\fR \fI\-\fP for STDOUT (not available for ps). .SH "FILES" .LP \fI~/.songwrite\fP .SH "AUTHORS" .LP Jiba (Lamy Jean\-Baptiste)