Re: Debugger; draft mode

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Valentin,

On Jan 6, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Valentin Villenave wrote:

> >  Would it be possible to add a
> > \draft mode to Lilypond which would ignore markups, text, dynamics, 
> > and
> > formatting and just do the music (4 bars to a line or something), so I
> > can do a quick read-through of the score?

> This is great to see your mail: as it happens, we were just talking
> with Rune the other day about some possibility to implement such a
> feature. It definitely would be a HUGE improvement in LilyPond, and
> since I'm writing a 300 pages opera, I know what you're talking about
> :)
>
> This answer is unfortunately: no at this time.

Thank you for explaining. Please tell me about your opera (outside of 
the Lilypond thread).


> > (2) I use TeXShop for my LaTeX. A superb program with an excellent
> > debugger. When I process a LaTeX file, if the compiler encounters an

> Otherwise, i don't remember if you're planning to upgrade to Tiger or
> Leopard someday (better wait for a few months before installing
> Leopard though), but as soon as you'll have a 1.5 Java version, you'll
> be able to install and use the great jEdit text editor, alongside with
> its special plugin called LilyPondTool:
> http://lilypondtool.organum.hu/87.0.html
>
> One of it's most useful features is that it detects syntax errors as
> you're typing, and underlines them in red, so that you can correct
> mistakes without even having to compile your score!
>
> It works under Windows, Linux, and Mac 10.4 (yes, my girlfriend has
> 10.3.9 too, and I know how frustrating these compatibility issues
> are).

Yes! Yes! TeXShop does this too (syntax checker). Thank you for the 
info.

cheers,

Jeremiah