Takes a YAML layout of tune information broken into sets and abc formatted tune filepaths and creates a single .abc file that (hopefully) nicely formats into a dance without the copy-paste.
Ruby version >= 2.6.3
For converting from abc to pdf you need
Also you need some abc files in a directory. For more info about the abc music notation system see this page.
Aside from git clone <etc.> you should also
From terminal in repo chmod +x ./compile-setlist and chmod +x ./set-source-path
Then from root: export PATH=$PATH:~/<path to compile-setlist>
This can be done either by running set-source-path <the/path/to/tunes> or by directly editing the lib/source/source_path file, but be sure to use the absolute path so it can be found (i.e. prefix your path with ~/)
Ensure that you have set your source directory from where tunes will be pulled. The files should be in .abc format. You can see examples of these files in the samples/sample-tunes folder in this repo.
Create a .yml file along the lines of the samples/sample.yml in this repo.
Run compile-setlist <path/to/yaml> <optional/output/filepath>
If you don't specify a filepath and name, it will default to spitting out the resultant abc file in ~/intermediate.abc
Once you have your beautiful .abc setlist compiled, you can further convert it into real notes by putting the following clever script from @tsmacdonald in your .bashrc.
function tune() {
bn=$(basename $(basename "$1" .abc) .)
abcm2ps "$bn.abc" -O "$bn.ps" && ps2pdf "$bn.ps" && rm "$bn.ps"
}You may then call tune <filepath to .abc file> and you will have a .pdf of the notes by the same filename.