Songwrite3(1)

💖 SONGWRITE3 — a whole vibe 💖

okay bestie, pull up a chair, because we're talking about Songwrite3, the tablature + music editor from the Songwrite3(1) manual page, and honestly? it's giving iconic.

✨ NAME ✨

Songwrite3 — a tablature and music editor. that's it, that's the name, and she knows exactly who she is 💅

🌸 SYNTAX 🌸

here's every single way you can call her, no cap:

songwrite3
songwrite3 --help
songwrite3 --version
songwrite3 <filename...>
songwrite3 --import <format> <input-file>
songwrite3 <filename...> --export <format> <output-file>
songwrite3 --import <format> <input-file> --export <format> <output-file>

yes, that last one is long and it wraps in the original. it's still one command. she's that girl.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so Songwrite 3 is a tablature editor — like, guitar partition energy — and she can also play and print your stuff. main character behaviour fr fr.

the tea on how she's built: Songwrite is coded in Python. for the actual audio she relies on Timidity to play midi, and for printing she leans on GNU Lilypond. so if you're wondering "why isn't sound coming out" or "why won't it print" — bestie, check those two. 🎀

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• --help — prints the help info and dips. short, sweet, helpful. 🫶
• --version — prints the version info and dips. that's all she does and she does it flawlessly.
• --import <format> <input-filename> — imports from the file <input-filename> in the format <format>. and here's the cute part: use - as <input-filename> and she reads from standard input instead. ✨
• --export <format> <output-filename> — exports to the file <output-filename> in the format <format>. no window gets displayed — this is batch mode, she's working quietly, no drama. and yes: use - as <output-filename> and she writes to standard output. 💖

🎀 FILES 🎀

• ~/.songwrite3

that's her little home folder moment. her room. don't touch her stuff (unless you're her, in which case, slay). 🌈

👑 AUTHORS 👑

• Jiba (Lamy Jean-Baptiste) <jibalamy@free.fr>

the legend herself. put some respect on the name. 💜

version 0.1 energy only, from the Songwrite3(1) manual, authored by Jiba (Lamy Jean-Baptiste), and the whole page is dated to match that footer — so if you're reading this way later, just know you're reading the 0.1 era of the girlies. take care of her, she's precious, bye bestie 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶