On 11/26/08 8:21 PM, "Jonathan Kulp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Carl D. Sorensen wrote:
> 
>>> Lilypond do it.  Maybe we should put an example in the docs anyway,
>>> though.  I suppose at the very least it would show people how to do it
>>> and it wouldn't come up on the list anymore (or we'd have a place to
>>> direct them when it did).  Maybe we could do one example with a blank
>>> staff and one without any staff at all?
>> 
>> That probably makes sense.  When I just wanted chords and lyrics, I used
>> GuitarTex. 
>> 
>> But LilyPond is transposable, and GuitarTex is not; one of the things I
>> really like about LilyPond is that I can transpose songs automatically.
> 
> Really?  The documentation for GuitarTeX mentions a transpose command so
> I assumed one could transpose with it.

Oops, I was thinking of gchords, not GuitarTeX.  GuitarTex is only available
on Linux, and I was running Windows at the time I was setting song sheets.
So I used gchords, which has no transpose function.

One can transpose with GuitarTex.

> 
>> 
>> I guess we should at least show the best we can do in the docs (and maybe
>> even have a reference to some of the other programs that can be used for
>> chords and lyrics).
>> 
>> Carl
>> 
>> 
> That sounds good.  Where do the most current .itely files live now?  If
> you want I'll add a bit about this.

I'll create a branch for your documentation and give you a copy of the
current .itely file, but it will probably be Friday (but maybe tomorrow).

Carl



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