Re: Favorite editor

[Benjamin Esham]

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Hans wrote:

> I am new to the list, but I have been using Lilypond for the last  
> year or
> so, currently version 2.4.5 on Debian Sarge.
>
> Right now I edit ly-files with Midnight Commander, have a terminal  
> open
> for making output and a file-manager to open the pdf or ps. Working  
> like
> this means constant switching between windows (edit, save, run  
> lilypond
> file.ly in the terminal, chech the pdf). Is there an editor for  
> Lilypond
> like Bluefish for html? Or is there a smarter way to work. I would  
> love to
> hear your experience. Thank you.

I use Vim (www.vim.org), and I have some commands in my ~/.vimrc to help
with LilyPond editing:

nmap <Leader>l :call LilyPondCompileOpen()<CR>

function! ChangeExt(name, ext)
    let name = substitute(a:name, "\.[a-zA-Z0-9_]*$", "\.".a:ext, "")
    return name
endfunction

function! LilyPondCompileOpen()
    write

    let pdfname = ChangeExt(expand("%"), "pdf")
    let path = "/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin"
    let fontconfig = "/sw/share/fontconfig-path/fontconfig-path.conf"
    let setenv_command = "env PATH=".path."  
FONTCONFIG_FILE=".fontconfig." "

    exe "!" . setenv_command . "/sw/bin/lilypond -dno-point-and- 
click --pdf
      '%' && open '" . pdfname . "'"
endfunction

Obviously, these commands are specific to my system―I use fink with  
Mac OS
X, so the /sw paths would be different, and I'm not sure whether  
other OSes
have an "open" command.  The idea is clear, however; when editing, I can
type "\l" and the current file will be processed with LilyPond and its
output displayed.  I'm really happy with this system; it's pretty much
perfectly integrated into my editor, so the only program switching I  
have to
do is between Vim and my PDF viewer.

HTH,
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Benjamin D. Esham
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"A witty saying proves nothing."        ― Voltaire


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