Re: GUI (was: Re: No Work!

[Tim McNamara]

On Dec 15, 2009, at 11:07 AM, Kees van den Doel wrote:

> If lilypond came with a rudimentary GUI I think it would at least  
> octuple the number of people trying it out.
>
> Something simple like a window with File/compile menus, a text  
> editor pane, compile messages at bottom,
> and a score preview. No more features needed, it's just to get  
> people who don't know what a shell or
> a text editor is to try it out. They can then start the "lilypond  
> program", open various example files, change a few notes, and  
> they're hooked!

2.12.2 for the Mac, at least, came with a simple text editor and some  
menus.  There's no way to do a "score preview" window, the file has  
to be compiled and rendered.

For Emacs users, there is a great LilyPond mode which is what I use now.