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	       LaTeX Songbook Style, Version 3.1, 13 November'99
                                   
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		   Copyright (c) 1992--1999 Christopher Rath
			     All rights reserved.

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		       Christopher Rath <crath@cyberus.ca>

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Legal Stuff:

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the terms of the "Artistic License" which comes with this package.

    This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
    ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the Artistic License for more
    details.

    You should have received a copy of the Artistic License with this package,
    in the file named "Artistic".  If not, I'll be glad to provide one.


Changes In Release 3.1:

    * removed dependance upon twocolumn.sty; this isn't required in LaTeX2e

    * added an optional first parameter to \SBEnd and \SBIntro which causes the
      introduction or the ending to be printed in words only mode as well as in
      chord mode

    * added the three environments that had been documented on the man page
      didn't appear in the songbook.sty file (I ran out of time when
      implementing the changes for version 3.0, and then forgot to remove the
      descriptions from the man page): SBSection*, SBVerse* and SBChorus*.  The
      definition for the SBVerse* environment was supplied by Herbert Martin
      Dietze <herbert@fh-wedel.de>; and this formed a model for the other two

    * corrected definition of \SBBracketTagFont in overhead.sty

    * added a sample songbook containing 23 traditional Christmas Carols to
      the contrib section


Changes In Release 3.0:

    * new user contributed code distributed with this package; see the contrib
      directory

    * the song, SBVerse, SBChorus, and SBSection environments, and the \STitle
      macro, all set either \leftmark or \rightmark.  I've also added a macro
      to make it easy to place a ``<Some title> cont...'' string in the page
      header.

    * the song environment now handles empty copyright and W\&M parameters in a
      special fashion

    * the \Ch macro has been completely re-written.  The significant change is
      that a new command automatically draws a rule when the chord is bigger
      than the syllable.

    * the new \Ch maros now raise the chord a specified height above the text;
      rather than relying upon a \strut to determine the height

    * all the \if constructs that had been defined (and used) within the
      Songbook style are now superceded with properly defined elements (created
      using \newif)

    * the font used for chords (as defined by \ChFont) has been
      changed to a bold, compressed, sans serif font, cmssbc12.


chordbk.sty, wordbk.sty, overhead.sty:

    These styles have been used to produce the songbooks for our church.  We
    needed to produce books that our song-leaders could use, as well as books
    for use in the congregation.  So, these styles were written.

    The `chordbk.sty' is used to print a songbook with words and chords.  The
    `wordbk.sty' is used to print a words-only songbook.  The `overhead.sty' is
    used to print overhead transparencies.  They all use the same LaTeX input
    file.  `wordbk.sty' and `overhead.sty' simply ignore all of the chord
    information.


sb-manpg.tex:

    This is the formal documentation for the songbook styles.  A .dvi file is
    provided, as well as the .tex file.


sample-sb.tex:

    This is a sample songbook.  This file is used to produce the sample???.dvi
    files included with this package.  To regenerate the .dvi files, simply
    uncomment the appropriate \document line and re-LaTeX the file.


Manifest:

    Artistic		Terms & conditions under which the style is distributed.
    chordbk.sty         Words and chords sub-style.
    conditionals.sty    Donald Arseneau's conditional tests.
    contrib/		Directory containing user contributed utilities.
    mksbkdx		A shell script to make the index by song key.
    mksbtdx             A shell script to make the index by song title.
    overhead.sty        Overhead transparency sub-style.
    relnotes.txt        The songbook package release notes (this file).
    sample-sb.tex       A sample songbook.
    sampleCBK.dvi       Sample-sb.tex formatted using chordbk.sty.
    sampleKdx.dvi       The sample key index run through LaTeX.
    sampleKdx.tex       Key index for the sample songbook.
    sampleOH.dvi        Sample-sb.tex formatted using overhead.sty.
    sampleTdx.dvi       The sample title index run through LaTeX.
    sampleTdx.tex       Title index for the sample songbook.
    sampleToc.dvi       The sample TOC run through LaTeX.
    sampleToc.tex       TOC for the sample songbook.
    sampleWBK.dvi       Sample-sb.tex formatted using wordbk.sty.
    sb-manpg.dvi        The manual page run through LaTeX.
    sb-manpg.tex        The songbook style manual page.
    songbook.ist        The songbook package makeindex .ist file.
    songbook.sty        The base style file.
    wordbk.sty          Words only sub-style.


Support:

    Please email me for help using the files.  Please let me know about any
    bugs and problems.

    There is a SongBook Style home page.  Its URL is:

	http://www.cyberus.ca/~crath/Misc/Songbook/

    I will make bug fixes, other user's contributed macros and scripts, and the
    latest release of the software available on this web server.



    Christopher Rath        crath@cyberus.ca        (613) 824-4584
    6253 Castille Ct.
    Orleans, ON
    Canada   K1C 1X4




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