Re: Emacs mode for files containing lyrics

[Craig Parker-Feldmann]

Jakub Pavlík <jkb.pavlik <at> gmail.com> writes:

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> From the description I don't understand your problem. Why is the lilypond
mode not suitable for you purposes? The example seems to be just a regular
lilypond file ...
> Jakub
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> 2015-01-27 16:57 GMT+01:00 Craig Parker-Feldmann <lipsticky <at>
magic.ms>:I find it wonderful that some Emacs wizard(s) took the trouble to
write a
> LilyPond mode for processing LilyPond files. My own ability in writing Emacs
> Lisp, in particular: writing modes using Emacs Lisp, is at a very low level.
> If the author(s) of the Emacs LilyPond mode could speak to me, I'd like to
> have a special mode for files containing only lyrics.
> Currently, if I have a file containing lyrics called "min-lyrics.ly",
> working on the file looks terrible when font-lock-mode is active.
> /-/-/-/-/- min-lyrics.ly -/-/-/-/-/
> LyricsSoprano = \lyricmode { When, for each lace bit in a cup, a dozen goats
> reach mint family }
> /-/-/-/-/- end of min-lyrics.ly -/-/-/-/-/
> I looked in the file "lilypond-font-lock.el", but the complexity is too much
> for me.
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I wish to add functionality to Emacs. I desire a font-lock mode which does
not consider my minimal example to be musical notes. I am aware of how the
color enhancement applies to my minimal example; that is why I wrote it that
way.