mac osx emacs lilypond-mode

[Sean Reed]

might anyone have any hints on how to get the emacs lilypond-mode to 
work on macos 10.3.9?

i have been using jEdit very happily up to now, but the point-and-click 
function doesn't seem to be compatible with the two versions i have 
(2.5.23 and 2.5.0). it returns a bean shell error when i try to "enable 
point-and-click" and selecting "view output dvi" gives me an empty jDvi 
viewer.

the documentation for the new pdf hyperlink point-and-click addresses 
emacs and vim, so i thought i'd try emacs.

the installation documentation for lilypond-mode in emacs doesn't refer 
specifically to macos 10.x and i can't figure out where to put the .el 
files. i can find no .emacs file, and no matter which combination of 
where i place the lilypond-init.el and other .el files into the various 
/site-start and /site-lips folders i've found, when i start emacs and 
perform an M-x, i am offered no option for lilypond-mode. (i assume 
this is the correct procedure, since i can successfully select 
latex-mode this way and it functions fine).

i have made long attempts with the fink installation of emacs, XEmacs, 
enhanced carbon emacs, and emacs for aqua, but just ain't gettin' it.

i have installed firefox and Xpdf, as the documentation instructs, and 
modified the xpdfrc and prefs.js files. all three of my PDF viewers 
successfully identify the hyperlinks (Xpdf, Preview, and Acrobat 
Reader), but clicking on them does nothing.

thanks in advance for any clues.

best,
sean

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Sean Reed
Hamburg, Germany
Web: www.seanreed.de