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		  Copyright (c) 1992--1996  Christopher Rath
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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 This Release:

    * this package is now distributed under the terms of the Artistic license;
      the same license PERL is distributed under

    * style now works properly with LaTeX2e---and is no longer usable with
      earlier versions of LaTeX---although the style has not been completely
      migrated to LaTeX2e

    * new \SBSection environment, to be used to divide songs into pieces other
      than verses and choruses

    * automatic generation of an index of songs, by key

    * new \CBPageBrk macro

    * new \ChordBk & \WordBk status variables

    * user contributed code now distributed with this package

    * new SongBook Style home page (see below for URL)


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:

    chordbk.sty         Words and chords sub-style.
    conditionals.sty    Donald Arseneau's conditional tests.
    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.

    As noted above, there is now 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
    Box 15781, Station 'F'
    Ottawa, ON
    Canada   K2C 3S7




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