I have just picked up Latex, which is usually used for writing science papers, books, compiling math / chemistry / etc. notes. I’ve been wondering whether the songs listed on this site can be compiled via Latex.
A quick search seems promising. There are currently a few packages online such as LaTeX Songbook style (http://rath.ca/Misc/Songbook/) and GCHORDS (http://kasper.phi-sci.com/gchords/) that seems to fit the bill.
Having the songbook in LaTeX can be quite beneficial:
- The songs can be compiled very easily with FULL CONTROL! on typesetting / new pages / formatting / etc. The alignment won’t be lost so that’s great.
- LaTeX is very popular, so it won’t go out of date (v.s. editing it in a word formatting program which may switch to a new script after several years)
- Easier for me to update the songbook
- If you use Linux, that’s great! You can compile (read: convert) the LaTeX document into a PDF / DVI readily.
I think that’s enough plus points! But that means I would have to study how it’s going to be implemented long-term / manually update every song because the formatting is so different. That would take some time.
am excited about the idea though!
Description on LaTeX: http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2007/02/17/math-for-the-masses/
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