Songwrite(1)															      Songwrite(1)

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>

Jiba (Lamy Jean-Baptiste)					       0.10							      Songwrite(1)