Well, since you ask: I use Lilypond for generating MIDI backing tracks for use by a blues/rockabilly band. The plot is to use Lilypond, which I call from inside an application written in Python, to create little snippets of MIDI - typically one or two bars but occasionally as many as eight - which are then glued together by the Python program to create one or more MIDI tracks. So in this case Lilypond is but one piece of a much larger puzzle, and the engraving is but a pleasant side-effect. Actual entry of the Lilypond source text is done from within the Python program using the TKinter "Text" widget. Works quite well, but probably not the use envisioned by the original authors of Lilypond.
Cheers Cam On 2020-04-07 1:49 p.m., cgilmore wrote:
Greetings, all! I was curious what everyone's setup is like for writing Lilypond, specifically, for any non-Frescobaldi users. We all know Frescobaldi is great and probably the most ideal environment for Lilypond, but I'm personally curious what other people are using and how they're using it—mostly looking for inspiration from others. I keep ebbing in and out of Lilypond usage, so I by no means have any kind of hardcore environment setup. I use Neo-Vim for text editing, a simple JavaScript Node script that watches my .ly files and recompiles them when I save changes, and use the stock macOS Preview app to view the PDF (the weakest link, as a far as I'm concerned). Oh, and I guess I also will have a Safari window open to the documentation. Other than the vim usage, there's a lot I don't like about my setup, personally, and it keeps changing every time I jump back into writing. What's your DX? -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html
