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>