Re: Editing lilypond files with Geany

[Federico Bruni]

Il giorno lun 25 apr 2016 alle 21:49, amir <address@hidden> ha 
scritto:
> i am trying to configure Geany to use it for Lilypond. I have made 
> this File
> : ~/.config/geany/filedefs/filetypes.lilypond.conf with this content:
>
> [styling]
> comment=0x808080;0xffffff;false;true
>
>
> [settings]
> # default extension used when saving files
> extension=ly
>
> # block comments
> comment_open=%{
> comment_close=%}
> comment_use_indent=false
>
>
> [build_settings]
> # %f will be replaced by the complete filename
> # %e will be replaced by the filename without extension
> # (use only one of it at one time)
> compiler=lilypond "%f"
> # it is called linker, but here it is an alternative compiler command
> # linker=pdflatex --file-line-error-style "%f"
> run_cmd=epdfview "%e.pdf"
> run_cmd2=timidity "%e.midi"
>
>
>
> which i had copied here from the forum from an answer. I have still no
> Syntax colors and can not compile the file with F5. But at the bottom 
> most
> part of the window i see : filetype:lilypond.
> Can any one help me setting geany up for lilypond?

The problem is that nobody created a lexer for LilyPond, which is 
needed for syntax highlight to work.
But you can use something "similar" and then adapt it, see:
http://lists.geany.org/pipermail/users/2013-September/008835.html

I tried with:
lexer_filetype=latex

but didn't work

Also, Geany is not able to detect the file type by extension, even if 
I'm using your file, I've added the extension to 
filetype_extensions.conf and reload the settings. When I open a .ly 
file, the file type is None. If I choose the lilypond type file, no 
highlight.

I do not use Geany and I'm not motivated to solve these issues.
But, as it's the default editor in LilyDev, it would be good to ship a 
working .conf file for LilyPond.

Let me know if you manage to make it work!
Thanks
Federico