Roger - Here is a possible solution . . . not optimal, but a 'deviously doable' workaround that allows you to get the beautiful chordie formatting plus transposability and savability. For lack of a better term, I'll call it:
"How To Hi-Jack A Song In Your Songbook"
1. Copy the chrodpro text and chords of a song in the forum. (Or, copy the text and chords of a chordpro-form song from anywhere.)
2. Go to your chordie songbook - pick a victim - just pick a song that can't defend itself . . . a song that you don't need anymore . . . a song who's end has come . . .
3. Open your chosen 'victim song' using the 'edit' button.
4. Now - this is important - in the song edit pane, zap the whole song EXCEPT for the {t:Song Title} and {st:Subtitle} lines. These two lines MUST stay put.
5. Paste in your song right under the old title and sub-title lines.
6. Change your own song's 'title' and 'sub-title' commands to comments by putting {c:Your Title} and {c:Your Subtitle} brackets and c: commands. Each comment must each appear own their own line.
7. 'Save' the new hi-jacked song using the save button under the edit pane.
8. If you copied a song lyric from the forum, the chord brackets will need to be replaced in the edit pane - the chords will be in the right location, just without any [ ] around them.
9. Always exit the edit routine by hitting the 'return to songbook' button after saving your changes. Your hi-jacked song will be in your songbook - but it will be listed under the original "victim song's" index name . . .
10. You can now open up your new song now, as you normally would any song in your songbook - and you can now transpose, print, etc. Your new song will always have the 'victim song' title and sub-title at the top though . . .
11. Obviously, never make this hi-jacked song or songbook public since the indexing would probably get all fouled up . . .
Seems complicated, but it is a simple task. Again, not an optimal solution - but a solution. - James
"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_comma[/url]
