wchords-client needs chords are written in proper syntax in order to function correctly.
So files having chords written out of this syntax have to be imported.
For example, if we have this segment of file:
C Cmaj7 F
Imagine there's no heaven
This is not in correct syntax because the correct syntax is:
[C] [C maj7][F]
Image there's no heaven
So someone has to transfer the old chords writing to the correct syntax writing.
The import tool is useful to do this.
But first to import it needs to be configured because the original files (files where there is no correct syntax) can be of varius type.
Let's examine the Import tool interface (we can reach the import tool by a button in the tool bar).
First element is the notation. It could be Italian or English.
The Second element is whether chords are between spaces(spaced) or surrounded of brackets(bracketed).
The Third element is if the import process has to be interactive or not.
The Fourth element is if we want to import from Web, from File or From current Document.
I suggest to leave the last two elements to the default value.
However let's examine all elements in detail.
Italian notation is composed by the Italian symbols, for instance: do, re, mi fa, sol, etc.
For example:
Do Domaj7 Fa
Image there's no heaven
English notation is composed by English symbols, for instance: A, B, C, D, etc.
For example:
C Cmaj7 F
Imagine there's no heaven
We have to examine origin pages and determine whether it is in English or Italian notation, and select the opportune option.
This means chords are surrounded from spaces, generally a line above the lyrics-line.
For example:
C Cmaj7 F
Imagine there's no heaven
or
Do Domaj7 Fa
Image there's no heaven
It could be in Italian or English notation.
This means chords are between square brackets, generally merged with the text.
For example:
[C] Image [Cmaj7]there's no [F]heaven
It could be in Itaian or English notation.
We have to examine origin pages and determine whether chords are spaced or bracketed, and select the opportune option.
This options makes the import activities interactive, so import tool asks for every change.
This is very useful because impor tool can't distiguish between text and chords.
For example text could be "A dog bites a man", import tool can't distinguish the first A as word, it interprets it as chord.
The result is "[A] dog bites a man", that is incorrect interpretation.
I could say that leave interactive unselected is safe with bracketed option active but not with spaced.
This option says to Import Tool where to import from: from file, from web or from current document, the first two's have a clear meaning the third could be a bit obscure.
It means the import tool will try to import from the current open tab, the current document in the programm.
From file and from web options are a bit dirty because when Import tool tries to import from one of the two source it tries to load all the stuff the page contains. This leads to strange behaviours of the programm.
I suggest to select only the text you want from the origin page and paste it on a new document and trying to import it with From Current Doc options enabled.