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)
