point-and-click from PDF viewer to lilypond editor

[Federico Bruni]

Hi all

Does anybody here use point-and-click from an external PDF viewer 
(either Evince or Xpdf) to the lilypond editor?
I find it useful when transcribing from a PDF manuscript, because I can 
organize three different windows (manuscript, PDF preview and lilypond 
editor) to work and compare.

The instructions to set up the environment (I'm on Linux, Gnome 3, 
Debian) are here:
http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/usage/configuring-the-system-for-point-and-click

I've tried several editors but none works correctly:

1. Frescobaldi opens up but the cursor remains where it was previously

2. Geany always open the first line, first column, whatever I click on 
the PDF

3. Gedit moves the cursor to the beginning of the correct line (but it 
ignores the column)

4. Gvim kind of works, because it jumps to the correct line/column. 
It's a bit annoying that I have to change the focus to Gvim window and 
click Enter to finally see the cursor in the right position.

5. Nano doesn't work. The error is:
lilypond-invoke-editor (GNU LilyPond) 2.19.21
Ricevuto SIGHUP o SIGTERM
failed to invoke editor: /bin/nano "/path/to/file.ly"

This happens with Evince and Xpdf. So it seems independent of the PDF 
viewer.
Does it depend on the textedit support in each editor?

I'm using the latest lilypond, installed in the home directory.
I've defined the LYEDITOR variable in ~/.bashrc.

I'm curious to know your experience on this matter.
Thanks
Federico