Not that it'll help your particular workflow, but somebody might be interested to learn that LilyBin <http://lilybin.com/> now does point-and-click.
On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 1:40 AM Federico Bruni <f...@inventati.org> wrote: > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >
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