Re: Lilypond mini-IDE

[James E. Bailey]

Am 22.01.2009 um 13:21 schrieb Jonathan Kulp:

> James E. Bailey wrote:
> > Am 22.01.2009 um 13:01 schrieb Jonathan Kulp:
> > > Johan Vromans wrote:
> > > > Francisco Vila <address@hidden> writes:
> > > > > It looks _very_ interesting and I'll try it as soon as I can.
> > > > I look forward to your feedback.
> > > > > Maybe the IDE could trigger the printing on M-x something by  
> > > > > issuing
> > > > > the lpr command. Sounds feasible?
> > > > Sorry, this IDE is *very* mini...
> > > > -- Johan
> > >
> > > I like this!  I'm not normally an emacs user but I know the very  
> > > basic keybindings.  I tried the script and it works very well.
> > >
> > > BTW in your first email you said to start the server with "start- 
> > > server," which didn't work, but thankfully your script's error  
> > > echo message said "server-start."  That worked.  This is a really  
> > > nice tool.  Thanks for sharing :)
> > Okay, I'll ask. I occasionally use emacs for my lilypond scores,  
> > and what's the difference between this and the emacs mode? Is it  
> > just easier point and click support?
> I'm not sure what emacs mode does, although I thought it had nice  
> syntax coloring.  When I open the .ly file now on 2.12.1 there's no  
> syntax coloring.  Does emacs lilypond mode have the constantly- 
> updated preview feature?  To me this is the nice feature of the  
> lilyide scripts.  I've never used point-and-click before.

Well, if you understand emacs, I'm sure setting up emacs mode is  
considerably easier than if you don't understand emacs. But it  
requires adding things to your ~/.emacs and setting up paths for  
emacs correctly, and site-lisp folders. All stuff I don't understand.  
But, once it is set up, it has the syntax coloring, some kind of auto- 
completion, but I don't know how to use that, it processes the  
lilypond files, opens pdfs and midi files. I use a pdf program that  
automatically updates when the file is changed, and I know that point  
and click works with it, but I don't really understand how to set it  
up, so I just turn it off. One day I'll figure that you. It's a nice  
feature. You click on something in the pdf, and it puts the cursor on  
that point in the lilypond file. For me, it only works if I use the  
lilypad editor, but that's so basic, I don't want to use it.